eight o'clock
`` Sure we can . A child can learn . But it 's dollars to doughnuts we do n't even get started to-day . '' It was eight o'clock when the call for coffee came from the tent , and nearly nine before the two employers emerged . `` Hello , '' said Sprague , a rosy-cheeked , well-fed young man of twenty-five . `` Time we made a start , Shorty . You and -- '' Here he glanced interrogatively at Kit .