8:30
Sorry , but there are some papers here I 'd like mighty well to have you look over . I might bring them in , but if you do n't mind running out it would be better . '' Of necessity I assented . `` I 'll have my chauffeur call for you at 8:30 , '' he arranged , `` and meanwhile I 'll be getting things into shape here . By the way '' -- his voice took on a reassuring note -- `` you sidestepped my rooftree this evening , and I gathered that you were not in the mood for meeting people . '' I murmured some insincere assurance to the contrary , which did not beguile him . `` We shall have the house quite to ourselves , '' he said .