eleven in the morning
The old Baron knew what I was worth to his country . And here suddenly a swine comes along -- an ignorant , overbearing swine . '' Mr Verloc , stepping slowly down two steps , entered the kitchen , took a tumbler off the dresser , and holding it in his hand , approached the sink , without looking at his wife . `` It was n't the old Baron who would have had the wicked folly of getting me to call on him at eleven in the morning . There are two or three in this town that , if they had seen me going in , would have made no bones about knocking me on the head sooner or later . It was a silly , murderous trick to expose for nothing a man -- like me . '' Mr Verloc , turning on the tap above the sink , poured three glasses of water , one after another , down his throat to quench the fires of his indignation .