about eight o'clock
`` She was Miss Mowbray 's maid , while Joy was the cook . '' `` And you say they are gone ? '' `` Yes . I saw Joy about eight o'clock , but when I searched the house after the discovery of the body they were not there , and I could find nothing that belonged to them . '' `` What are you going to do now ? '' `` I 'm going to hit Farnsworth 's trail , and I wo n't leave it till I run him down and send him to the gallows . '' `` I do n't think you will . ''