eight o'clock
`` Bishop , '' she said suddenly , `` will you do something for me ? '' `` I always have , Patty . '' He was very fond of Miss Patty , was the bishop . `` Then -- to-night , not later than eight o'clock , get father to play cribbage , will you ? And keep him in the card-room until nine . '' `` Another escapade ! '' he said , pretending to be very serious .