eight o'clock in the evening
Let 's find Grandfather ! '' urged Everard . `` Perhaps he 's gone down to the stables , or he may be in the gun-room . '' On further inquiry , however , they ascertained that a telegram had arrived for Mr. Ingleton , on the receipt of which he had consulted Miss Clare , had ordered the smaller car , and they had both been driven away by Milner , the chauffeur , and were not expected back until seven or eight o'clock in the evening . This was news indeed . For a whole day the heads of the establishment would be absent , and the younger generation had the place to themselves . For the next eight hours they could do practically as they pleased .