eight o'clock precisely
His Excellency begged him to step up to Onchan immediately , and to remain for lunch . The Governor 's carriage was at the door , and Philip got into it . He was not excited ; he remembered his agitation at the Governor 's former message and smiled . On leaving his own rooms he had not forgotten to order supper for eight o'clock precisely . He found the Governor polite and expansive as usual . He was sitting in a room hung round with ponderous portraits of former Governors , most of them in frills and ruffles , and one vast picture of King George . `` You will have heard , '' he said , `` that our northern Deemster is dead . ''