fifteen minutes past 8 in the evening
Mrs. O. -- `` Yes indeed -- and broke two of his ribs -- '' Everybody -- `` What ! '' Mrs. O. `` Just as true as you live . First we thought he must be injured internally . It was fifteen minutes past 8 in the evening . Of course we were all distracted in a moment -- everybody was flying everywhere , and nobody doing anything worth anything . By and by I flung out next door and dragged in Dr. Sprague ; President of the Medical University no time to go for our own doctor of course -- and the minute he saw Francois he said , ` Send for your own physician , madam ; ' said it as cross as a bear , too , and turned right on his heel , and cleared out without doing a thing ! '' Everybody -- `` The mean , contemptible brute ! ''