eight o'clock
`` Is n't this rather a new departure of yours ? '' he asked , glancing disdainfully towards Draconmeyer . `` I thought that you so much preferred to play at the Club . '' `` So I do , '' she assented , `` but I was just beginning to win when the Club closed at eight o'clock , and so we came on here . '' `` Your good fortune continues , I hope ? '' `` It varies , '' she answered hurriedly , `` but it will come , I am sure . I have been very near a big win more than once . ''