eight o'clock
Mr. Sam got up and began to walk the floor , his hands in his pockets . He tried to get my eye , but still I looked in the fire . `` All traffic 's held up , Minnie , '' he said . `` The eight o'clock train is stalled beyond the junction , in a drift . I 've wired the conductor , and Carter is n't on it . '' `` Well ? '' said I. `` If we could only get past to-day , '' Mr. Sam went on ; `` if Thoburn would only choke to death , or -- if there was somebody around who looked like Dick .