nine o'clock sharp
`` One hundred and sixty-three Water Street , '' replied Day . His eyes flashed . He was finding an unwholesome exhilaration in this inspirational lying . `` Well , '' said the man , `` I can tell you one thing , if your precious boss ai n't in this office Monday morning by nine o'clock sharp , he 'll see me at one hundred an sixty-three Water Street , Orange , New Jersey , and he 'll hand over my two thousand odd dollars that he 's swindled me out of , or I 'll have the law on him . '' With that the man swung himself aboard a passing car , and Allbright and Day were left looking after him . `` That feller had ought to have been knocked down , '' said Day . Allbright turned and looked at him gravely .