nine o'clock
Tell the manager we 're here , will you , and look sharp ? '' The timekeeper stared at the boy in amazement for a moment , and then broke out with , -- `` Take your hook , do you hear , you -- or I 'll warm you . '' `` It 's a mistake , '' put in Horace , hurriedly . `` Mr Richmond said we were to come here to see the manager at nine o'clock . '' `` And could n't you have said so at first ? '' growled the man , with his hand still on his ruler , and glaring at Reginald , `` without giving yourselves airs as if you were gentry ? Go on in , and do n't stand gaping there . ''