eight o'clock
Abbott , it wo n't matter to you -- will it ? -- at what place I say to meet me , at about half-past nine ? '' `` Why , Fran ! It 's not eight o'clock , '' Abbott remonstrated , glancing toward the court-house clock to find it stopped , and then consulting his watch . `` Do you think I am going to wait till -- '' `` Till half-past nine , '' said Fran , nonchalantly . `` Very well , then . '' `` But what will we do in the meantime , if we 're not to talk till -- '' '' _ We ?