Eight o'clock
He had given her his watch to hold , when he had made her sit on his waistcoat , and she had squeezed it under her glove into the palm of her hand . It was a plain silver watch with no chain . She got it out and looked at it . Eight o'clock , now . The time had passed quickly , and she must have really been asleep . The Baron and his wife were just going to sit down to dinner , unless her disappearance had produced confusion in the house . But they would not be frightened , though they might be angry .