eight o'clock
`` We 're doing all we can for you , and we 'll get better care for you , just as soon as we can , '' Tom explained , resting a hand on the fever-flushed face . `` I know , '' wheezed the old man painfully . `` Good boy ! '' By eight o'clock all hands were astir . `` Are we going to get any breakfast to-day ? '' asked the tramp known as Joe . `` Yes , '' nodded Dick , choking back the temptation to say something caustic .