eight o'clock
Girls are a dreadful responsibility , ' and she swept graciously from the dining-room . Sir Charles took out an irritating little notebook of red leather , the sort of thing that is advertised when lost as ` of no value to anyone but the owner . ' It was full of mysterious little marks and unintelligible little notes . He put down , in cabalistic signs , ' _ Hyacinth 's dinner , eight o'clock . _ ' He enjoyed writing her name , even in hieroglyphics . A Proposal ` I say , Eugenia . ' ` Well , Cecil ? '