eight o'clock
`` And it 's a good school , do you think ? '' he said . `` Of course , '' said Peter valiantly , `` one of the very best . It 's in Devonshire , and I leave by the eight o'clock train '' -LRB- this very importantly -RRB- . The fact of the matter was that Peter was so greatly excited by it all that abandoning even Stephen was a minor sorrow . It was a dreadful pity of course , but Peter intended to write most wonderful letters , and there would be the joyful meeting when the holidays came round , and he would be a more sensible person for Stephen to have for a friend after he 'd seen the world . `` Dear Stephen -- I shall write every week -- every Friday I expect .