eight o’clock
SULLENBODE Chapter 20 . BAREY Chapter 21 . MUSPEL On a March evening , at eight o'clock , Backhouse , the medium -- a fast - rising star in the psychic world -- was ushered into the study at Prolands , the Hampstead residence of Montague Faull . The room was illuminated only by the light of a blazing fire . The host , eying him with indolent curiosity , got up , and the usual conventional greetings were exchanged . Having indicated an easy chair before the fire to his guest , the South American merchant sank back again into his own .