10 o'clock
And at last an idea came to her ; an idea so big and beautiful that it first startled and dazzled her , and then set her heart to singing ; the perfect idea which would blot away the whole miserable mess at one stroke . She sat down and wrote Mr. Surface five lines , asking him to be kind enough to call upon her in regard to the business matter about which he had written her a few weeks before . She wrote this note from her house , one night ; she expected , of course , that he would come there to see her ; she had planned out exactly where they were each to sit , and even large blocks of their conversation . But the very next morning , before 10 o'clock , there came a knock upon the Departmental door and he walked into her office , looking more matter-of-fact and businesslike than she had ever seen him . _ Second Meeting between a Citizen and the Great Pleasure-Dog Behemoth , involving Plans for Two New Homes . _ And this time they did not have to go into the hall to talk . No sooner had the opening door revealed the face of young Mr. Surface than Mr. Dayne , the kind-faced Secretary , reached hastily for his hat .