eight o'clock
Down in the basement in a place labeled `` Recreation Room , '' a couple of checker games was in progress , and four gents was shovin ' weights up and down the shuffleboard . Yes , it was a perfectly good place to be quiet in . I could guess why Hickory Ellins had begun to show signs of bein ' restless . By eight o'clock he comes marchin ' in and up to the office desk . `` Where 's the billiard room ? '' says he . `` There is no billiard room , brother , '' says the Doc , steppin ' to the front .