eight
o'clock
he burst out . `` What was that ? '' queried all three of the Rovers , while the office boy looked on with mouth wide open . '' 'T was one avenin ' about siven or eight o'clock . Me an ' me family were up stairs , clanin ' out an office that has just been rinted . Kittie , me gurrel , wint down stairs for some extra dustin ' rags . Whin she came back , she said she saw a man a-walkin ' through the hallway outside .