eight o'clock
`` Then Nicholas -- But that is n't important . I was to meet a man -- we were going away together , to some place where it would be peaceful . We were to sail there . He said at eight o'clock . Well , at seven Nicholas was in the kitchen . I got father into his very heaviest coat , and laid out a muffler and his gloves , then sat and waited . I did n't need anything extra , my heart was quite warm .