eight o’clock
` And yet , ' he said gaily , ` it is the best game of all -- is it not so ? ' The troopers shrugged their shoulders . One may have too much of even the best game . ` The carriage is ordered for eight o'clock , ' continued the practical Concepçion , rolling a cigarette , which he placed behind his ear where a clerk would carry his pen . ` Those who take the road when the night-birds come abroad have something to hide . We will see what they have in their carriage , eh ? The horses are hired for the journey to Galvez , where a relay is doubtless ordered .