eight o'clock
It used to be written on his business card , Jacob B. Glow . It was entered at the club as J. Bartlett Glow . On the wedding invitations it was Mr. Bartlett Glow , and the dashing pair were always spoken of at Newport as the Bartlett-Glows . When Mr. King descended from his room at the Ocean House , although it was not yet eight o'clock , he was not surprised to see Mr. Benson tilted back in one of the chairs on the long piazza , out of the way of the scrubbers , with his air of patient waiting and observation . Irene used to say that her father ought to write a book -- `` Life as Seen from Hotel Piazzas . '' His only idea of recreation when away from business seemed to be sitting about on them . `` The women-folks , '' he explained to Mr. King , who took a chair beside him , `` wo n't be down for an hour yet .