the hour of eight
``` What for ? ' I demanded . Getting drunk was not a crime in Rosengarten , especially when the offender had been tucked away in bed . ``` For smashing the face of a citizen -- a worthy cobbler -- the night before , at the hour of eight , -- just as he was closing his shutters . The cobbler lay insensible until he had been found by the patrol . He had , however , recognized Fuedels-Shimmer as the -- ' ``` But , gentleman , Herr Fiddles was dead drunk at eight o'clock ; he has n't stirred out of the room since . Here is the key , ' and I unlocked the door and we all stepped in , Gretchen and the landlady close behind .