five o'clock
`` Come on , '' says I. `` We 'll go and see Eddie . '' We went up to Crosby 's store and called Eddie outside . He looked to be estimable and freckled ; and he had chills and fever when I made my proposition . `` At five o'clock ? '' says he , `` for a thousand dollars ? Please do n't wake me up ! Well , you _ are _ the rich uncle retired from the spice business in India !