eight o'clock
`` Please , ma'am , nothing ; but she said as how I was to ask for you . It 's for Captain Carbonel , ma'am , a message from Uphill -- that 's his home . '' `` Captain Carbonel -- that 's Number Seven , '' she said , consulting a slate that hung near the bar . `` He was to be called at eight o'clock . Wo n't that do ? '' `` Oh no , no , ma'am , '' implored John , thinking that the captain was taking his rest away from home . `` It 's very particular , and I have come all night with it . ''