eight o'clock
`` No ! No ! '' Laurie went on as if he had not spoken . `` I promised Perkins to be in my rooms at eight o'clock to-morrow morning , '' he muttered , and they had to strain their ears to catch the words . `` I did _ not _ promise to be -- alive . '' This time it was Doris who gasped out something that none of them heard . For a moment Laurie sat silent in his chair , watching her with a strange intentness .