Nearly eight o'clock
`` I should n't if you were unsympathetic to me , '' said Lilly . `` As it is , it 's happened so , and so we 'll let be . '' `` What time is it ? '' `` Nearly eight o'clock . '' `` Oh , my Lord , the opera . '' And Aaron got half out of bed . But as he sat on the bedside he knew he could not safely get to his feet .