eight o'clock sharp
He leant back in a corner of the cab with drooping shoulders as though utterly world-weary . At the station his wife and father-in-law were looking impatiently for his arrival . They stood at the door of their _ wagon-lit _ in the Côte d'Azur Rapide , searching the crowded platform for him . It was now ten to eight , and the express was timed to pull out of the Gare de Lyon at eight o'clock sharp . `` Late again ! '' growled Sir Francis Letchmere . `` Clifford makes a deuced casual sort of husband .