eight o'clock
The girl thought a rapturous moment and then asked could she have three of them marrowglasses , all in curly white paper . Vivian promised , and departed on his duties . First there was a call at the Miggses ' down the block , where the little boy Tub lay with scarlet fever , very sick ; and then there was his seven o'clock office hour for workers , in which one , a teamster with Bright 's disease and seven children , remained long ... . These matters occupied the doctor till eight o'clock : alone in his office he computed the fact roughly from his watch , a battered heirloom whose word was not to be taken literally . Good ! -- half an hour before time to dress . Leisure , being a scant commodity , was proportionally valued .