eight o'clock
He noticed a tremor in the young , brave voice which asked for this remuneration , and he longed to make the one guinea two , but this was impossible . Before he left he had taken Mrs. Home 's drawing-rooms for a month , and had arranged to come into possession of his new quarters that day week . Looking at his watch when he left the house , he found that time had gone faster than he had any idea of . He had now barely an hour to jump into a cab , go to his present most comfortable lodgings , change his morning dress , and reach the Harmans in time for eight o'clock dinner . Little more than these sixty minutes elapsed from the time he left the shabby house in Kentish Town before he found himself in the luxurious abode of wealth , and every refinement , in Prince 's Gate . He ran up to the drawing-room , to find Charlotte waiting for him alone . `` Uncle Jasper will dine with us , John , '' she said , `` but my father is not well . ''