ten o'clock
To-day was Thursday . Summoning Long Jim from his seat behind the counter , Mahony dispatched him to Rotten Gully , with an injunction not to show himself till he had found a digger of the name of Turnham . And having watched Jim set out , at a snail 's pace and murmuring to himself , Mahony went into the store , and measured and cut off material for the new flag , from two different coloured rolls of stuff . It was ten o'clock that night before Polly 's brother presented himself . Mahony met him at the door and drew him in : the stove crackled , the room was swept and garnished -- he flattered himself that the report on his habitat would be a favourable one . Ned 's appearance gave him a pleasant shock : it was just as if Polly herself , translated into male terms , stood before him . No need , now , to cudgel his brains for her image !