eight o'clock
`` First time , Brussels ; second , Monte Video ; third , Mandalay , and then the Gold Coast , Africa . It 's your turn , Mr. Baxter . '' The clergyman glanced at the timepiece . It was exactly eight o'clock . `` First time , Cabul , Afghanistan ; second , Nijni Novgorod , Russia ; third , Wilcannia , Darling River , Australia ; fourth , Valparaiso , Chili ; fifth , Nagasaki , Japan . '' `` He is evidently a great traveller and a most mysterious person . '' `` He is more than that , '' said Eastover with conviction ; `` he is late for dinner ! ''