Eight o'clock
Such was Mrs Bowldler : and her housekeeping , no less vigilant than romantic , protected our two friends from a thousand small domestic cares . `` Committee-meeting , to-night ? '' asked ` Bias . `` Eight o'clock : to settle up details -- mark-boats , handicap , and the like ... . It 's a wonder to me , '' said Cai reflectively , `` how this regatta has run on , year after year . With Bussa for secretary , if you can understand such madness . '' `` They 'll be runnin ' you for the next Parish Council , sure as fate . ''