seven o'clock
`` The time is up , and the bird is only this instant down . I win . '' `` I admit it , '' responded Hamilton , evidently disconcerted . `` I shall pay you to-night at Stewart 's , at seven o'clock . I got my remittance yesterday . '' `` Content , '' said Dewhurst , `` That 's the third bet I have gained off you within a fortnight , '' Hamilton bit his lip and scowled -- an act which only roused against him the raillery of his comrades , who were now collected in a circle , and symptoms of anger of a more expressive kind showed themselves . `` You have been at this trade of flaying before , '' said he , looking sternly at Dewhurst .