eight o'clock
Eh , eh , eh ! answered the old man . ` Let 's have some chikhir , Ivan ! ' Having had a snack and a drink of vodka to prepare themselves for the road , Olenin and the old man went out together before eight o'clock . At the gate they came up against a wagon to which a pair of oxen were harnessed . With a white kerchief tied round her head down to her eyes , a coat over her smock , and wearing high boots , Maryanka with a long switch in her hand was dragging the oxen by a cord tied to their horns . ` Mammy , ' said the old man , pretending that he was going to seize her .