eight o’clock
Did she mean that there was any understanding with Don Cipriano ? I knew this was the thought which flashed through Dick 's mind . And if Pilar had been desirable in motoring days , she was irresistible at home . Before eight o'clock the Gloria was at the gates , and twenty minutes later we were on foot in the street of the Gran Capitán , mingling with the crowd who waited for the first procession of _ Semana Santa _ to pour out from the cathedral doors . But the crowd was not a dense one , and the face I hoped to see was not there . `` It will be a long time before anything happens , '' said the Cherub . `` Here , when a thing should be at eight , it is at nine , or maybe half-past .