Eight o'clock
`` This is not a driven duty , but a spontaneous one . And you do n't need to know what it is , for it comes naturally , or it does n't come at all . Is n't that Nolan the most aggravating thing that ever lived ? Eight o'clock . And he promised for seven-thirty . '' `` Go on and tell us , Eveley , '' said Eileen Trevis . `` Maybe somebody is sick , and has to make a will , and he wo n't be here all night . ''