eight o'clock
This sort of business is mostly in the hands of the Germans , who have a good eye for such effects as may be studied in it ; but the fruiterers are nearly all Italians , and their stalls are charming . I always like , too , the cheeriness of the chestnut and peanut ovens of the Italians ; the pleasant smell and friendly smoke that rise from them suggest a simple and homelike life which there are so any things in this great , weary , heedless city to make one forget . But I am allowing myself to wander too far from Mrs. Makely and her letter , which reached me only two days before Thanksgiving . `` MY DEAR MR. HOMOS , -- Will you give me the pleasure of your company at dinner , on Thanksgiving-day , at eight o'clock , very informally . My friend , Mrs. Bellington Strange , has unexpectedly returned from Europe within the week , and I am asking a few friends , whom I can trust to excuse this very short notice , to meet her . `` With Mr. Makely 's best regards , `` Yours cordially , `` DOROTHEA MAKELY . `` The Sphinx , `` November the twenty sixth , `` Eighteen hundred and Ninety-three . ''