eight o'clock
It 's a great shame ! I 'll have to teach him his place if he tries to get too intimate with her ! '' All of which went to prove that Percy 's hopes in the direction of Julia were more than of the ordinary kind . Percy would have been more bitter than ever could he have witnessed the scene in the Nelson cottage that evening , shortly after eight o'clock . Five minutes before that time Ralph was sitting in the kitchen , telling his mother of the stirring event of the day , to which the fond parent listened with keen interest . The son had just finished when there came a timid knock at the front door . `` Somebody 's knocking , Ralph , '' said Mrs. Nelson .