about eight o'clock
I can not forget you unless I lose my mind ! '' Ambrose , having filled the day as best he could with small tasks , was smoking beside his fire and enviously watching his dog . Job had no cares to keep him wakeful . It was about eight o'clock , and still full day . It was Ambrose 's promise to visit Simon Grampierre that had kept him inactive all day . He did not wish to complicate the already delicate situation between Grampierre and Gaviller by an open visit to the former . He meant to go with Tole at dawn .