eight o'clock
`` That is so ? '' he said . `` I have no reason to think otherwise , '' I answered him . * * * * * Well ; it was growing late ; and I had not supped , as Dolly presently remembered ; it was near eight o'clock , and after that time there would be formalities at the gate as they went out . So they took their leave at last ; and I kissed Dolly for the thirty-first time , and went downstairs with them , and watched them down the gallery ; they having promised to come again next day . * * * * * I had scarcely done supper and looked about me a little , when Mr. Chiffinch 's name was brought to me ; and I went to see him in the little parlour and bring him through to what would be my private closet -- so great was I become ! He looked older ; and I told him so .