about eight o’clock
` She always does , ' she answered ; ` you will come too . ' Vandeloup shook his head . ` I am going down to Ballarat to the Wattle Tree Hotel to see my friend Pierre , ' he said , in a preoccupied manner , ` and will have something to eat there . Then I will come up again about eight o'clock , in time to see Madame off . ' ` Are n't you going back with her ? ' asked Kitty , in surprise , as they rose to their feet . ` No , ' he replied , dusting his knees with his hand , ` I stay all night in Ballarat , with Madame 's kind permission , to see the theatre .