two o'clock until eight
`` What ! ready for work ? How is it possible that you have dispatched matters so rapidly ? '' `` Why , '' said Theodore , `` from two o'clock until eight gives one six good hours in which to dispatch business . '' And Mr. Stephens , as they went down the great store together , smiled again and said to himself : `` I do n't believe I have mistaken my man . '' -LSB- Illustration -RSB- There was an evening party at the house of the Rev. John Birge .