eight o'clock
The coat , sir , was as follows . '' He proceeded to describe an impossible coat -- a coat which might have been drawn by a man absolutely ignorant of science . All this took a couple of hours . It was now eight o'clock . `` Thank you , Mr. Emblem , '' said Arnold . `` I have no doubt now that we shall somehow bring Iris to her own again , in spite of your loss . Shall we go upstairs and have some breakfast ? ''