about eight
o'clock
After an interval the connection was made . Boyle watched him anxiously while he was asking the unseen person at the other end of the wire some questions . Brasher hung up the receiver . He turned to Boyle : `` Yeah , they say you was there and left with a stranger about eight o'clock that night . They never saw this bird before . What business was you talkin ' to him about , Boyle ? '' `` Oh , just some private business . ''