eight o'clock
I did not know whether he were angry or not ; and I did not greatly care . He stepped away from me , and began to walk up and down . One of his bitch-spaniels whined at him from her basket , lifting her great liquid eyes that were not unlike his own ; and he stooped and caressed her for a moment . Then the clocks began to chime , one after the other , for it was eight o'clock , and I heard them at it , too , in the bed-chamber beyond . There would be thirty or forty of them , I daresay , in the two chambers . So for a minute or two he went up and down ; and I have but to close my eyes now , to see him again . He was limping a little from the sore on his heel ; but he carried himself very kingly , his swarthy face looking straight before him , and his lips pursed .