eight o’clock
She pretended to be annoyed with circumstances , but really she was annoyed with Nella Racksole . At two in the morning , without luggage , without any companionship , and without a plan of campaign , she found herself in a strange foreign port -- a port of evil repute , possessing some of the worst-managed hotels in Europe . She strolled on the quay for a few minutes , and then she saw the smoke of another steamer in the offing . She inquired from an official what that steamer might be , and was told that it was the eight o'clock from Dover , which had broken down , put into Calais for some slight necessary repairs , and was arriving at its destination nearly four hours late . Her mercurial spirits rose again . A minute ago she was regarding herself as no better than a ninny engaged in a wild-goose chase . Now she felt that after all she had been very sagacious and cunning .