eight o'clock
Bindle soon discovered that the life of a porter at residential flats is strangely lacking in repose . Everybody seemed either to want something sent up , or came to complain that their instructions had not been carried out . The day passed with amazing rapidity . At eight o'clock Bindle stepped round to The Ancient Earl for a glass of beer . When he returned at nine-thirty he found his room in a state of siege . `` Oh , here he is ! '' said someone .