eight o'clock
`` Not later than eight , '' Reade answered . `` Trust me , '' said Harry promptly . Harry went to his own bedroom , pulled his bed apart , remade it with fresh linen , and with a final grip of Dick 's hand , he left the army officer to turn in there . At eight o'clock Hazelton called both Tom and Dick . They turned out promptly , to find that Nicolas had laid an appetizing breakfast on the porch . Then Tom had to hurry over to Blixton , Dick going with him , while Hazelton went down to the breakwater to superintend the day 's work there . Only a little time had to be spent in the justice 's stuffy court .