eight o'clock
`` And now shall we send you these things ? '' asked Mme. Lachaise . `` No , thank you , '' said Perrine , `` I will call this evening and fetch them when the alterations are made . '' `` Well , then , do n't come before eight o'clock or after nine , '' she was told . Perrine had a very good reason for not wishing to have the things sent to her . She was not sure where she was going to sleep that night . Her little island was not to be thought of .