nearly eight o’clock
` As you please , ' he answered . I left my papers , caught up my hat , and went out of the room and the house . I said _ good morning _ , but he made no return . Not until nearly eight o'clock did I re-enter . I had of course made up my mind that Charley and I must part . When I opened the door , I thought at first there was no one there . There were no lights , and the fire had burned low .