10:15
`` I got a letter from Merrett , Barnacle , and Company . -- '' '' _ Messrs _ . Merrett , Barnacle , and Company , if you please , '' put in the clerk . `` I beg your pardon , '' said I , `` from Messrs. Merrett , Barnacle , and Company , telling me to be here at 10:15 . '' `` Oh . Why did n't you say that before ? What 's the use of prevaricating when it 's just as easy to tell the truth straight out , eh ?