eight o’clock
At the door of the room in which she was to sleep , and which was on the first story , Madame Strahlberg kissed her with one of those equivocal smiles which so long had imposed on her simplicity . `` Till eight o'clock , then . '' `` Till eight o'clock , '' repeated Jacqueline , passively . But when eight o'clock came she sent word that she had a severe headache , and would try to sleep it off . Suppose , she thought , M. de Cymier should have been asked to dinner ; suppose she should be placed next to him at table ? Anything in that house seemed possible now . They brought her a cup of tea .