eight o’clock
`` I am curious to know how you will manage that , Lieutenant Lorenzi . There is not a soul , in Mantua or elsewhere , who would lend you as much as ten ducats , not to speak of two thousand , especially to-day . For to-morrow you will be on the march , and who can tell whether you will ever return ? '' `` I give you my word of honor , Signor Marchese , that you shall have the money at eight o'clock to-morrow morning . '' `` Your word of honor , '' said the Marchese , `` is not worth a single ducat to me , let alone two thousand . '' The others held their breath . Lorenzi , apparently unmoved , merely answered : `` You will give me satisfaction , Signor Marchese . ''