eight o’clock
Mr Willet had got by this time into such a complication of knots , that it was perfectly clear he must wake or die . He chose the former alternative , and opened his eyes . ` If he do n't come in five minutes , ' said John , ` I shall have supper without him . ' The antecedent of this pronoun had been mentioned for the last time at eight o'clock . Messrs Parkes and Cobb being used to this style of conversation , replied without difficulty that to be sure Solomon was very late , and they wondered what had happened to detain him . ` He a n't blown away , I suppose , ' said Parkes . ` It 's enough to carry a man of his figure off his legs , and easy too .