eight o'clock
It was a quarter to seven . `` Do you mean to tell me , '' she said , turning full on Mr Bright , and pointing downwards , `` that that ocean of letters will be gone , and these tables emptied by eight o'clock ? '' `` Indeed I do , ma'am ; and more than what you see there , for the district bags have not all come in yet . By eight o'clock these tables will be as bare as the palm of my hand . '' Mr Bright extended a large and manly palm by way of emphasising his remark . Miss Lillycrop was too polite to say , `` That 's a lie ! '' but she firmly , though mutely , declined to believe it .