10:15
You may fancy how eagerly I opened it . It ran as follows : `` Messrs. Merrett , Barnacle , and Company are in receipt of Frederick Batchelor 's application for junior clerkship , and in reply -- '' `` What ? '' I gasped to myself , as I turned over the leaf . '' -- would like to see Batchelor at their office on Saturday next at 10:15 . '' I could hardly believe my eyes . I rushed to my uncle and showed him the letter . `` Is n't it splendid ? ''