about eight o’clock
I declared my intention to give up the whole matter . It had been too much for me . Rouletabille , with a friendly tap on my shoulder , confessed that he had nothing more to learn at the Glandier ; he had learned there all it had to tell him . We reached Paris about eight o'clock , dined , and then , tired out , we separated , agreeing to meet the next morning at my rooms . Rouletabille arrived next day at the hour agreed on . He was dressed in a suit of English tweed , with an ulster on his arm , and a valise in his hand . Evidently he had prepared himself for a journey .