eight o'clock
Great God ! his whole life had been one long suicide . * * * * * That same morning Charlie Geary had eaten a very thick underdone steak for breakfast after enjoying a fine long sleep of eight hours . Toward eight o'clock he went downtown . He did not take a car ; he preferred to walk ; it helped his digestion and it gave him exercise . At night he walked home as well ; that gave him an appetite ; besides , with the ten cents that he saved in this way , he bought himself a nice cigar that he smoked in the evening to help digest his supper . He was very careful of his health .