eight o'clock
But there were two or three houses where , as at the _ chick 's _ , she would invite herself to dine , unexpectedly , when there were no guests . `` My love , '' she would say without ceremony , `` are you and your husband doing nothing this evening ? Then I will stay and eat some of your ragoût . '' At eight o'clock regularly she rose to go , and when the husband took his hat to escort her home , she would knock it out of his hands with a : `` Nonsense ! an old nanny-goat like me ! Why , I frighten men in the street ! '' And then ten days or a fortnight would pass , during which they would not see her .