eight o'clock
`` It rests with you , sir , '' said the foreman , looking at Eli . But Eli sat doggedly with his hands in his pockets , and did not look up or speak . `` Say to the judge that I can not tell , '' said the foreman . It was eight o'clock when the officer returned , with orders to take the jury across the street to the hotel , to supper . They went out in pairs , except that the juryman who was left to fall in with Eli made three with the file ahead , and left Eli to walk alone . This was noticed by the bystanders . At the hotel , Eli could not eat a mouthful .