Nine o'clock sharp
`` There 's men I know as ` ud cut your finger off to get that . '' Sam shoved his ` and in his pocket , but he kept taking it out every now and then and ` olding his finger up to the light to look at the di ` mond . Mr. Cubbins got up to go at last , saying that he ` ad got a call to make at the police-station , and they went out together . `` Nine o'clock sharp , '' he ses , as they shook hands , `` on Tower Hill . '' `` I 'll be there , '' ses Sam . `` And , wotever you do , no noise , no calling out , '' ses the tec , `` and do n't mention a word of this to a living soul . '' Sam shook ` ands with ` im agin , and then , hiding his ` and in his pocket , went off ` ome , and , finding Ginger and Peter Russet was n't back , went off to bed .