8 to 10 P.M.
Answers the Unasked Question . There was more of it . The Countess had been `` prevailed upon by eminent scientists to give a brief series of tests in this city . '' Evening tests might be had from 8 to 10 P.M. Ring third bell . The old query came back , the old need to know what he had been before putting on this present very casual body . Was his present state a reward or a penance ? From the time of leaving the office to the last item in that sketchy dinner , he had been put upon by persons and circumstances .