eight o'clock
But even then Bentley must needs follow her out to the stairs and stand there whispering his nonsense -- which goes but to prove the jealous nature of the man ! `` What 's to do ? '' says Jack , pushing the wine towards me . `` I 've sat here with the cards beside me ever since eight o'clock -- what 's to do ? '' `` Why , you must know , '' I began , `` we were stopped at the cross roads by a highwayman -- myself and Bentley , with Captain Hammersley and Sir Harry Raikes -- '' Here Bentley , returning , must needs throw himself into a chair , laughing and choking all at once . `` Raikes -- '' he gasped , -- `` in his shirt -- by the Lord ! Oh , egad , Jack !