eight o’clock
Did n't you find drawing infernally difficult , Blyth , when you first began ? '' `` I find it difficult still , Master Zack , '' replied Mr. Blyth . `` Art would n't be the glorious thing it is , if it was n't all difficulty from beginning to end ; if it did n't force out all the fine points in a man 's character as soon as he takes to it . Just eight o'clock , '' continued Valentine , looking at his watch . `` Put down your drawing-boards for the present . I pronounce the sitting of this Academy to be suspended till after tea . '' `` Valentine , dear , '' said Mrs. Blyth , smiling mysteriously , as she slipped her hand under the coverlid of the couch , `` I ca n't get Madonna to look at me , and I want her here .