ten o'clock sharp
But I am moralising again -- a habit which seems to be growing upon me since I came among these poor folk down here , and have been brought face to face with such a vast amount of misery that can be directly traced to ignorance and crime . Just pass me over that stationery cabinet , will you ? Thanks ! Now I will write to my friend Graham at once , and you had better call upon him at his chambers in Lincoln 's Inn to-morrow morning at ten o'clock sharp , which is about the only hour of the day when you can be reasonably certain of finding him . '' When Dick called upon Humphreys ' friend Graham , upon the following morning , and sent in his letter of introduction , he soon had abundant evidence that the rising young solicitor was quite as busy a man as the Doctor had represented him to be ; yet he was not too busy to respond promptly to his friend 's claim upon him , actually leaving an important - looking client waiting in his outer office while he interviewed Dick and listened with the utmost patience to the story which the latter had to tell , questioning him occasionally , and making notes of his answers upon a writing pad . At length , after an interview of over half an hour 's duration , Graham closed the pad sharply and , rising , extended his hand to Dick , saying : `` Thank you , Mr Maitland . I believe I have now all the essential facts ; and you may assure my friend Humphreys that I will take up the case with the utmost pleasure , and without loss of time ; also that I will do my best for you and your mother .