about eight
o'clock
Coming to see him at that time of night , too ! Why , it was splendid ! Yet , all the same , he knew perfectly well that if she had been there beside him again , he would have been just as tongue-tied as before . On the following night David walked into the Parlour about eight o'clock , hung up his hat with the air of an emperor , and looked round for Daddy . ` Look here , Daddy ! I 've got something to say to you , but not down here : you 'll be letting out my private affairs , and I ca n't stand that . ' ` Well , come upstairs then , you varmint !