about eight o’clock
`` I will see what can be done , and in a week 's time you 'll have your thousand marks . '' For an answer she put her arms passionately around Borgert 's neck , and thanked him . `` I knew that you would not leave me in the lurch , thou best one ! '' * * * * * When Leimann returned home about eight o'clock , he found all the rooms dark and silent . To his question about his wife the maid answered : `` The gracious lady has gone out . '' `` Where to ? '' `` I do not know , Herr First Lieutenant ! ''