eight o'clock
And now you 'd better go ! You 'll neither see nor hear anything to frighten you , if you refrain from prying . ' Having swept the hearth and wiped the table , I departed ; more perplexed than ever . He did not quit the house again that afternoon , and no one intruded on his solitude ; till , at eight o'clock , I deemed it proper , though unsummoned , to carry a candle and his supper to him . He was leaning against the ledge of an open lattice , but not looking out : his face was turned to the interior gloom . The fire had smouldered to ashes ; the room was filled with the damp , mild air of the cloudy evening ; and so still , that not only the murmur of the beck down Gimmerton was distinguishable , but its ripples and its gurgling over the pebbles , or through the large stones which it could not cover . I uttered an ejaculation of discontent at seeing the dismal grate , and commenced shutting the casements , one after another , till I came to his .