eight o’clock
It was all very sinister and dismal . The hours passed . The Broad put forth , one by one , its signs of waking . Soon after eight o'clock , as usual , the front-door of the Duke 's lodgings was opened from within . The Emperors watched for the faint cloud of dust that presently emerged , and for her whom it preceded . To them , this first outcoming of the landlady 's daughter was a moment of daily interest . Katie !