eight o'clock in the
morning
Do you always get out at this time of a morning ? '' `` Not always , but very often . I always go down at twelve o'clock , with some of the other slave girls , to fetch the food and sweetmeats for the ladies of the harem . '' `` Well , you must always manage , even if you are not sent out , to look out through that doorway where you met me , at eight o'clock in the morning . If we have anything particular to say to you , Surajah -- that is my friend , you know -- will be there . Which way do you go out from the harem to fetch the food ? '' `` Not from that door , but from the one nearest to the kitchen .