About eight o'clock
But , remember , no tricks , Tom ! If we engage in the work , we must go share and share alike in the booty . ' ` To be sure , ' said Tom ; and so the conversation closed . About eight o'clock , or so , master , I stepped out to the door . The night was dark and boisterous as ever , and there had come on a heavy rain . But I could see that , dark and boisterous as it was , some one was approaching the house with a dark lanthern . I lost no time in telling the Curlits so .