eight o'clock
Why had he been insulted ? For nothing ! On account of an old woman who had quarreled with her butcher . He dressed hastily and repaired to M. Walter 's house , although it was scarcely eight o'clock . M. Walter was reading `` La Plume . '' `` Well , '' he said gravely , on perceiving Duroy , `` you can not let that pass . '' The young man did not reply .