eight o’clock
he kept on exclaiming . And Lasse always gave the same answer : `` Ay , you must carry things with a high hand if you want to gain anything in this world ! '' -- and nodded with a consciousness of power . They were to have started at eight o'clock , but the girls could not get the provisions ready in time . There were jars of stewed gooseberries , huge piles of pancakes , a hard-boiled egg apiece , cold veal and an endless supply of bread and butter . The carriage boxes could not nearly hold it all , so large baskets were pushed in under the seats . In the front was a small cask of beer , covered with green oats to keep the sun from it ; and there was a whole keg of spirits and three bottles of cold punch .