eight o'clock
I have much more that I could relate , but I have already been too long . I am , as you see , ragged and worn , but the dear family have an affection for me still , as well as for all the rest of us ; and so I am allowed to remain here in this most respectable company . I trust the wig will now give us his history for which we have waited so long . '' `` There is time enough before eight o'clock for the story of the wig , '' said Frank , `` if you can remember it , Mother . He ought to tell his story now , as he promised . '' `` As the wig began to speak , '' said their mother , `` he gave a slight hitch on one side , just as if some one pushed him up a little , and then , after a short pause , began thus : `` You will be astonished , perhaps , to know that it is more than a hundred years since I first saw the light . None of you have lived so long , or seen as much as I have .