eight o'clock
`` Are you certain Mrs. Clynesworth expected me this evening ? '' `` Yes , '' was the answer , given with some hesitation . `` At what time ? '' `` Dinner is ordered for eight o'clock , '' said the parlour-maid . `` Oh , then that accounts for it , '' cried Carrissima . `` I understood it was to be half-past seven . '' `` We always dine at eight , '' returned the parlour-maid , as she stirred the fire .