eight o'clock
Is his influence to ruin my life ? I ought to be satisfied with the blow I have dealt him , but if I get a chance to strike another -- '' A harsh laugh finished the sentence , and he hit out viciously with his stick at a cat perched on a garden wall . A Waterloo train conveyed him cityward , and , avoiding the haunts of his associates , he dined at a restaurant in the Strand . It was eight o'clock when he went to his rooms in Jermyn street , intending to change his clothes and go to a theatre . A card lay inside the door . It bore Sir Lucius Chesney 's name , and Morley 's Hotel was scribbled on the corner of it . Nevill scowled , and a look that was closely akin to fear came into his eyes .