eight o’clock
In vain Adam kept saying : `` Do be lively , Thaddeus ; one would really suppose you were not at home . You must have made a wager to disconcert Clementine . '' Thaddeus continued heavy and half asleep . When the servants left the room at the end of the dessert the captain explained that his habits were diametrically opposite to those of society , -- he went to bed at eight o'clock and got up very early in the morning ; and he excused his dulness on the ground of being sleepy . `` My intention in taking you to the Opera was to amuse you , captain ; but do as you prefer , '' said Clementine , rather piqued . `` I will go , '' said Paz . `` Duprez sings ` Guillaume Tell , ''' remarked Adam .