seven o'clock
`` Seven o'clock ! What do you mean ? '' said he . `` Am I bound to know when it is seven o'clock ? Am I a clockmaker or a bell-ringer ? If your master wants me to know what a clock it is , let him send me , not a lacquey , but a gold repeater watch ! '' And salving his wounded dignity with these and similar effusions , Margari trotted alongside the lacquey to the room of Mr. Demetrius , to whom he immediately notified the change in the situation by sinking down into a soft and cosey arm-chair instead of sitting down on the edge of the hard leather-chair , expressly provided for him .