eight o'clock
`` Have you done all that 's necessary in the matter ? '' was Rosanette 's greeting to him when she saw him again . He had not been able to pluck up courage to do it , he answered , and walked about the streets at random to divert his thoughts . At eight o'clock , they passed into the dining-room ; but they remained seated face to face in silence , gave vent each to a deep sigh every now and then , and pushed away their plates . Frederick drank some brandy . He felt quite shattered , crushed , annihilated , no longer conscious of anything save a sensation of extreme fatigue . She went to look at the portrait .