ten o'clock
He possessed all the civic virtues in their very meanest form , and the finishing touch was given by a low sort of consciousness he manifested of possessing them . His industry was exemplary . He wished to catch the earliest possible train next morning . It seems that for seven and twenty years he had never missed being seated on his office-stool at the factory punctually at ten o'clock every day . He listened to Mrs Fyne 's objections with undisguised impatience . Why could n't Florrie get up and have her breakfast at eight like other people ? In his house the breakfast was at eight sharp .