seven o’clock
`` No news of the Masher and the Growler ? '' `` No , governor , none . '' `` That 's all right , '' he said to Clarisse , in a casual tone . `` It 's only seven o'clock and we must n't reckon on seeing them before eight or nine . Prasville will have to wait , that 's all . I will telephone to him to wait . '' He did so and was hanging up the receiver , when he heard a moan behind him .