six o'clock sharp
I just stood and sniveled and let my mouth hang open . Neither of us said a word , but presently I put my arm around his shoulders and led him out into the shipping room . `` There 's the foreman , '' I said , in a voice like a wet sponge . `` And you report here at six o'clock sharp . '' Then I went and hunted up Allie and for once we let business go hang in business hours . We could n't work . We kept clawing for the solid ground and trying to readjust society and the universe and the beacon lights of progress all afternoon .