eight o'clock
All about the Smash of the Great Wheat Corner ! All about the Failure of Curtis Jadwin ! '' The evening had closed in wet and misty . All day long a chill wind had blown across the city from off the lake , and by eight o'clock , when Laura and Jadwin came down to the dismantled library , a heavy rain was falling . Laura gave Jadwin her arm as they made their way across the room -- their footsteps echoing strangely from the uncarpeted boards . `` There , dear , '' she said . `` Give me the valise .