eight o'clock
`` I wonder what 's keeping Mac , '' she exclaimed as the clock from the power-house on Sutter Street struck half-past seven . `` I KNOW he 's drinking somewhere , '' she cried , apprehensively . `` He had the money from his sign with him . '' At eight o'clock she threw a shawl over her head and went over to the harness shop . If anybody would know where McTeague was it would be Heise . But the harness-maker had seen nothing of him since the day before . `` He was in here yesterday afternoon , and we had a drink or two at Frenna 's .