Seven o'clock
The bell not being answered as quickly as Jack expected , he just opened the door himself ; and when Spigot arrived , with such a force as he could raise at the moment , Jack was in the act of ` peeling ' himself , as he called it . ` What time do we dine ? ' asked he , with the air of a man with the entrée . ` Seven o'clock , my lord -- that 's to say , sir -- that 's to say , my lord , ' for Spigot really did n't know whether it was Jack or his master . ` Seven o'clock ! ' muttered Jack . ` What the deuce is the use of dinin ' at such an hour as that in winter ? '