Eight o'clock
I asked . `` When the lights went out we were opposite Raven Cliff , '' replied Hall . We were silent for another minute ; then Hall took out his watch . `` Eight o'clock , '' said he . `` They 'll be at prayers at Parkhurst , '' said Charlie ; and in the silence that followed , need I say that we too joined as we had never done before in the evening prayers of our schoolfellows ? `` Charlie , old boy , '' said Hall , presently , `` come and sit beside me , will you ? '' Poor Hall !