about eight o'clock
`` What does he want to come at an hour when all sensible folk are in bed ? '' queried Irma petulantly . `` He could n't come earlier , mother dear ; you know how busy he is always on Sundays ... benediction , then christenings , then vespers ... . He said he would be here about eight o'clock . '' `` Eight o'clock ! '' exclaimed the woman , `` who ever heard of such a ridiculous hour ? And candles are so dear -- there 's only a few centimètres of it in the house . ''