eight o’clock
My disappointment was agreeable . One can always imagine a comic dinner . I dined once with a newly married couple who had just returned from their honeymoon . We ought to have sat down at eight o'clock ; we sat down instead at half-past ten . The cook had started drinking in the morning ; by seven o'clock she was speechless . The wife , giving up hope at a quarter to eight , had cooked the dinner herself . The other guests were sympathised with , but all I got was congratulation .