eight o'clock
Bonner took this opportunity to laugh heartily . He had held it back as long as possible . What Anderson described as an `` ananymous '' letter was nothing more than a polite , formal invitation to attend a `` house warming '' at Colonel Randall 's on the opposite side of the river . It read : `` Mr. and Mrs. D.F. Randall request the honour of your presence at a house warming , Friday evening , January 30 , 190 -- , at eight o'clock . Rockden-of-the-Hills . '' `` It is addressed to me , too , Anderson , '' said his wife , pointing to the envelope . `` It 's the new house they finished last fall .