eight o’clock
``` Here 's my hand on it , ' said she . ` And now let 's talk of something else . ''' As Lady Mary never asked my assistance , and as I knew she was very well able to perform whatever she undertook , you may be sure I gave myself very little trouble about the whole affair ; and when they came , I went off to breakfast with Tom 's committee , not knowing anything that was to be done . Calvert had given orders that he was to be called at eight o'clock , and so a few minutes before that time a gentle knock came to the door . ` Come in , ' said he , thinking it was the waiter , and covering himself up in the clothes ; for he was the most bashful creature ever was seen , -- ` come in . ' The door opened , and what was his horror to find that a lady entered in her dressing-gown , her hair on her shoulders , very much tossed and dishevelled . The moment she came in , she closed the door and locked it , and then sat leisurely down upon a chair .