eight o'clock
`` I thought he wanted something . He has paid this -- for his dinner . '' The Count moreover appeared to consider the entertainment cheap at the price , if his manner was to be relied upon . For he entered the drawing-room at eight o'clock the same evening with an unusually pleasant air of anticipatory enjoyment . He shook hands quite gaily with Mrs. Ingham-Baker , who bridled stoutly , and thought that he was a very distinguished-looking man despite his dark airs . He received Agatha 's careless nod and shake of the hand with a murmured politeness ; with Eve he shook hands in silence . Then he turned rather suddenly upon Fitz and held out his hand gravely .