eight o'clock
Rose blushed and smiled . ` Such faces and such tempers seldom go together , and , when they do , the compound is a love-potion which few heads or hearts can resist . Trust me , thou wilt soon be a bride , girl . But this is trifling , and I am pressed for time , so make ready the large room by eight o'clock to-night , and give directions for supper at nine . I expect a friend to-night ; and observe me , child , do thou trick thyself out handsomely . I would not have him think us poor or sluttish . ' With these words he left the chamber , and took his way to the room to which we have already had occasion to introduce our readers -- that in which his pupils worked .