Eight o'clock
I could have shown you some of our fashionable beauties , though I feel sure that , so far as young and pretty faces are concerned , Madame Herbaut 's entertainments have the advantage . '' `` Do you see , uncle , how cleverly he returns to the charge ? '' The clock in the neighbouring steeple struck eight . `` Eight o'clock ! '' cried Olivier . `` The deuce ! My master mason has been waiting for me for an hour .