about eight o'clock
I knowed Arvie ... . Will you do it ? '' `` Yes , I will . '' At about eight o'clock that evening there came a mysterious knock at Mrs Aspinall 's door . She opened , and there stood Bill . His attitude was business-like , and his manner very impressive . Three other boys stood along by the window , with their backs to the wall , deeply interested in the emptying of burnt cigarette-ends into a piece of newspaper laid in the crown of one of their hats , and a fourth stood a little way along the kerb casually rolling a cigarette , and keeping a quiet eye out for suspicious appearances .