eight o'clock
His father and mother were still sitting there -- no , his father and she , the -- the -- `` Come , tell us where you 've been such along time , '' inquired his father , not without a touch of vexation in his voice . `` To-day , just on this day , '' said his mother . `` They all sent you their love , they waited for you . But it 's almost eight o'clock now . '' Wolfgang cast an involuntary glance at the clock on the mantel-piece -- right , nearly eight o'clock . But all that was immaterial now . And , staring straight in front of him as though his eyes were fixed on some object , he placed himself in front of the two .