eight o'clock
As for herself and Joe , hidden away in a bureau drawer Esther had a poster of one of Frohman 's plays . It represented a bride and groom standing together in a drift of orange blossoms . Mrs. Robinson did not return at supper-time , and Esther ate alone . At eight o'clock Joe Elsworth came . She met him at the door , and they kissed in the entry . Then Joe preceded her in , and hung up his cap on a projecting knob of the what-not -- that was where he always put it . He glanced into the dining-room and took in the waiting table .