eight o'clock
Marcos was at his post outside the convent school wall at seven o'clock . He heard the clock of San Fernando strike eight . In these Southern latitudes the evenings are not much longer in summer than in winter . It was quite dark by eight o'clock when Marcos rode away . He was not given to a display of emotion . He was an eminently practical man . Juanita would have come if she could , he reflected .