six o'clock
I ca n't talk so . '' `` You need n't talk -- for a while , '' he answered . He sat down facing her . `` At six o'clock I found out you were here . At eight -- as soon as I could get away -- I came out . I told you how I spent the evening . If I had needed anything to sharpen my longing for you that would have done it -- but I think I had reached about the limit of what I could bear in that line already .