eight o'clock
`` Humph ! My load does n't seem to weigh more than seven ounces , '' Darrin declared , as he shouldered one of the piles of bark . `` Lighter than air this morning , '' quoth Tom , `` and only a short haul at that . '' When Hiram Driggs reached his boatyard at eight o'clock he found Dick & Co. waiting for him . `` Well , well , well , boys ! '' Mr. Driggs called cheerily . `` So you did n't back out . ''