eight o'clock
`` So I says to him the place is closed and that 's all there is to it . With that , Mr. Flaxberg , the feller takes back his hand -- so -- and he gives me a _ schlag _ in the stummick , which , honest , if he would n't be from Mr. Polatkin a relation , Mr. Flaxberg , I would right then and there killed him . '' For two minutes he patted gently that portion of his anatomy where Elkan 's blow had landed . `` He 's a dangerous feller , Mr. Flaxberg , '' he went on , `` because , just so soon as he opens the door after I am giving him the key , Mr. Flaxberg , he shuts it in my face and springs the bolt on me , Mr. Flaxberg -- and there I am standing _ bis _ pretty near eight o'clock , understand me , till that feller comes out again . By the time I am at my room on Brook Avenue , Mr. Flaxberg , the way Mrs. Kaller speaks to me you would think I was a dawg yet . How should I know she is getting tickets for the theaytre that evening , Mr. Flaxberg ? And anyhow , Mr. Flaxberg , if people could afford to spend their money going on theaytre , understand me , they do n't need to keep boarders at all -- especially when I am getting night after night boiled _ Brustdeckel _ only .