eight o'clock
Is it possible I might work up my acquaintance with that professor whom I met in the train ? I 'll see . Perhaps I could attend classes of his if he lectures in London . '' Then the plotting David fell asleep at last and woke to hear the loud tapping on his door at eight o'clock , of Bridget , rather surprised to find the door locked , but entering -LRB- when he had garbed himself in his Norfolk jacket and opened the door -RRB- , with hot water for shaving and a cup of tea . It was a hot July morning , and while he dressed , the southern breeze came in through the open window scented by the roses and the lemon verbena growing against the wall . His father was pacing up and down the hall and the verandah restlessly awaiting him , fearing lest the whole episode of the day before might not have been one of his waking dreams . His failing sight made reading almost a torture and writing more a matter of feeling than visual perception .