A
quarter to eight
He had not long to wait for that expected note . The very next night he received it . Miss Lind was coming on Thursday ; would that suit him ? A quarter to eight . He was there punctual to the moment . The presence of the whole rabble of girls in the drawing-room told him that this was to be a quite private and domestic dinner-party ; on other occasions only two or three of the phalanx -- as Miss D'Agincourt described herself and her sisters -- were chosen to appear . And , on this especial occasion , there was a fine hubbub of questions and raillery going on -- which Brand vainly endeavored to meet all at once -- when he was suddenly rescued .