eight o'clock
`` Maybe he 'll ride over to Farnham Hollow and get Luke Corliss to fiddle . '' Louis sat discontentedly by the fire , with his arm soaking in cider-brandy and wormwood . `` Farnham Hollow is ten miles away , '' said Richard . `` His horse is fast ; he 'd get him here by eight o'clock , '' returned Louis . Madelon was radiant . In spite of herself , she was full of hope in going to the ball . She knew Dorothy Fair would not be present , since her father was the orthodox parson , and she had seen her own face in her glass .