eight o'clock
`` Next time I 'll take both oars , '' she said with a face of great satisfaction as she put herself back in her old seat . Asahel thought it would cure her of wearing pale cheeks , but he did not venture to make any remark . Rose was waiting for them , sitting crouched discontentedly on the rocks . `` It 's eight o'clock ! '' -- said she , -- `` and I 'm as hungry as a bear ! '' `` So am I , '' said Elizabeth springing ashore . `` What have you been doing ?