eight o'clock
`` All right , '' said Nick over his shoulder . `` Captain Grange will dine with me . '' With the words he dropped the note into the fire , and then went away to dress . By eight o'clock Nick was lounging in the hall , awaiting his guest , but it was more than a quarter of an hour later that the latter presented himself . Nick himself admitted him with a cheery grin . `` Come in , '' he said . `` You 've had a pretty filthy walk . ''