eight o'clock
`` I 'm lazy , '' she thought , `` I 'm not facing it ! I 'm just putting it off -- and it 's dangerous ! '' For Joe was out so much at night . Over half the time he did not get home until the children were in bed , and often after a hurried dinner he would leave by eight o'clock -- for business appointments , he told her , at some club or some café . He was putting through another big deal . At times , despite her efforts , angry suspicions would arise . He was dealing with some men from the West .