eight o’clock
`` Here it is , my dear , '' said Madame Gohier , handing the letter to her husband . `` It says eight o'clock . '' `` Yes , '' replied Gohier , `` I was not in doubt about the hour , but about the day . '' Taking the note from his wife 's hand , he read it over : Come , my dear Gohier , with your wife , and breakfast with me to-morrow at eight o'clock . Do n't fail , for I have some very interesting things to tell you . `` Ah , '' said Gohier , `` there can be no mistake . '' `` Well , my dear , are we going ? ''