half past eight
`` One of dem thousand-dollar engravin 's , '' stated the Pug promptly . `` An ' Pinkie 'll run around an ' slip it to youse before mornin ' . '' `` All right , '' said Shluker , after a moment . `` It 's half past eight now . From nine o'clock on , you can beat any jury in New York to it that you were both at the same old place -- as long as you keep decently under cover . That 'll do , wo n't it ? I 'll fix it .