about eight o'clock
`` Just a little , dear , '' replied Patience , now confused herself . `` I have been busy at the store . '' Then she turned to Druce again . `` What is it about eight o'clock -- is it something concerning Elsie ? '' she persisted . `` O , I was just saying that I had to meet a man at the hotel at eight , '' returned Druce , full of assurance again . `` Ah ! ''