eight o'clock
For the woman who gives a man a new ideal to live for , and then , carelessly , herself falls short of the standard she has set for him , often does as great and incalculable harm as the woman who has no standards at all . Uncle Mat received a distinct shock when he reached his apartment that night , to find that his niece , dressed in a severely plain black gown , was dining at home alone with him . Before he finished his soup he received another shock . `` Austin Gray is coming to New York , '' she said , coolly , buttering a cracker ; `` I have just had a telegram saying he will take a night train , and get in early in the morning -- eight o'clock , I believe . I think I 'll go and meet him at the station . Are you willing he should come here , and sleep on the living-room sofa , as you suggested once before , or shall I take him to a hotel ? '' `` Bring him here by all means , '' returned her bewildered relative ; `` I like that boy immensely .