eight o'clock
`` Zoeth Hamilton , '' he snapped , `` how long are you goin ' to set here ? If you ai n't got anything else to attend to , I have . I 'm goin ' up to the store . It 's pretty nigh eight o'clock in the mornin ' and that store ai n't open yet . '' `` Want to come along , Mary - ` Gusta ? '' asked Zoeth . `` She can come , ca n't she , Shad ? ''