about eight
o'clock
If you follow my advice , you will take a 10L note down , and retire to your crust of bread and liberty . Tom was rapidly falling into friendship with Hardy . He was not bound hand and foot and carried away captive yet , but he was already getting deep in the toils . One evening he found himself as usual at Hardy 's door about eight o'clock . The oak was open , but he got no answer when he knocked at the inner door . Nevertheless he entered , having quite got over all shyness or ceremony by this time . The room was empty , but two tumblers and the black bottle stood on the table , and the kettle was hissing away on the hob .