eight o'clock
`` Let 's get ready now ! '' cried Vera . `` Why , Vera ! It is only eight o'clock , and the circus begins at two , so Bob said , '' Elf remarked , with the thought of calming Vera , but that was not so easily done . `` But it 's a two-hour ride out there . Come up to my room , Elf , and help me choose a dress , '' Vera replied , as she caught Elf by the hand and rushed up the stairway . How they laughed .