eight o'clock
So if this gentleman is through -- '' he indicated Hardy with his thumb . `` Oh , I 'll be through , all right -- at eight o'clock to-night ! '' Jasper Hardy announced , and drew several silver dollars out of his trousers pocket and rattled them about in his hand , significantly . `` What do you mean , eight o'clock ? '' Pell wondered . Hardy 's eyes pierced him through and through . `` When I foreclose the mortgage I hold on this ranch .