eight o'clock
`` What , to-night ? '' the lawyer asked dubiously . `` Yes , to-night , '' Hamar pleaded . `` I 'll make it a matter of business between us -- get me the pills before eight o'clock , and you have £ 1000 down . My cheque book is in the same drawer . '' The lawyer said nothing , but gave Hamar a look that meant much ! Again there was a dreadful wait , and Hamar had abandoned himself to the deepest despair when Cotton reappeared .