eight o'clock
`` No , Alexis , not now , '' Jack said , laying his hand upon the arm of the angry Russian . `` Perhaps later , but we will see . But I have found out that Paul , the hall servant , is acting as his spy . I heard the governor order him to meet him at the cross roads at eight o'clock to-night . I suppose he means where the road crosses that to town , about half-way along . We mean to be there , but you know we do n't understand Russian well enough to hear all that is said . We want you to be there with us , too , to hear what they mean to do . ''