eight o'clock
`` Whom have you found -- a school friend ? '' `` No , Mamma , '' said Janet , `` this is Cynthia Wetherell . '' `` Oh , '' said Mrs. Duncan , looking very hard at Cynthia in a near-sighted way , and , not knowing in the least who she was ; `` you have n't seen Senator and Mrs. Meade , have you , Janet ? They were to be here at eight o'clock . '' `` No , '' said Janet , turning again to Cynthia and scarcely hearing the question . `` Janet has n't seen them , Dudley , '' said Mrs. Duncan , going up to Mr. Worthington , who was pulling his chop whiskers by the door . `` Janet has discovered such a beautiful creature , '' she went on , in a voice which she did not take the trouble to lower .