ten o'clock
`` If Major Honeywell is stopping here I suppose he is paying well for his entertainment , '' replied Ned after a moment 's pause . `` Sure , '' answered the facetious clerk , `` regular rates . '' `` Perhaps that ought to include civil attention to those he has business with . I have an appointment with him at ten o'clock . I wish you would see at once that he knows I am here . '' The clerk 's smile was not quite so broad now but he was still amused . `` What name shall I give , son ? ''