eight o'clock
`` Well , give me your arm , '' Nana continued impatiently . They walked quietly off . The count had been getting ready to question her and now found nothing to say . It was she who in rapid tones told a story to the effect that she had been at her aunt 's as late as eight o'clock , when , seeing Louiset very much better , she had conceived the idea of going down to the theater for a few minutes . `` On some important business ? '' he queried . `` Yes , a new piece , '' she replied after some slight hesitation .