half past eight
`` About which I shall doubtless hear to-morrow ? '' `` Do n't I always confess my good actions ? '' `` At what hour does the victim 's dying shriek rend the quivering air ? '' `` Mr. Surtaine is due here at half past eight . '' `` Humph ! Young Surtaine , eh ? Shy bird , if it has taken all this time to bring him down .