eight o'clock
Which country club ? She did not know . So Peck procured from the hotel clerk a list of the country clubs in and around San Francisco and started calling them up . At eight o'clock he was still being informed that Mr. Juice was not a member , that Mr. Luce was n't in , that Mr. Coos had been dead three months and that Mr. Boos had played but eight holes when he received a telegram calling him back to New York . At the other clubs Mr. Joust was unknown . `` Licked , '' murmured Bill Peck , `` but never let it be said that I did n't go down fighting . I 'm going to heave a brick through that show window , grab the vase and run with it . ''