eight o'clock
I feel as if I were going mad ! Tell me , Auguste , where have you been ? '' `` Oh , I had business , '' he answered with an indifferent shrug of his shoulders . `` At eight o'clock I had an engagement with that friend , you know , who is thinking of starting a manufactory of hats . I was detained , and I preferred stopping there . But you know I do n't like to be watched and catechized . Just let me alone , will you ? ''