about eight o'clock
When we reached the street , Uncle Chipperton put on a graver look . `` This is all truly very funny , '' he said , `` but , after all , there is something about it which makes me feel ashamed of myself . Would you object to take a ride ? It is only about eight o'clock . I want to go up to see old Colbert . '' I agreed to go , and we got into a street-car . The Colberts lived in one of the up-town streets , and Uncle Chipperton had been at their house , on business .