eight o'clock
But I fancied a somewhat more than usual of sober gravity in her manner . I fancied , and then was sure of it ; though for a long time nothing was said which touched Thorold or me . I had forgotten that it was to come ; and then it came . `` And what have ye been doing , my bonnie lady , since ye went away at eight o'clock o ' the morn ? '' I started , and found that I had lost myself in a reverie . I said , I had been studying . `` You and me have need to study some new things , '' Miss Cardigan said , soberly .