eight o'clock
She had gone to him suddenly . `` And just now I want you so . '' By these talks she had already worked a change . No more hasty breakfasts to let him be off by eight o'clock . They had breakfasted later and later each day ; she had made an affair of breakfast . And as at last he kissed her and tore himself away from his home , she had smiled to herself delightedly at the guilty look in his eyes . This kind of thing would cause a decided coolness , no doubt , between Joe and his partner .