ten o'clock
What more do you want ? '' `` It 's a go ! '' exclaimed Brennan , and they shook hands all around . John long remembered the meeting between the mayor and Murphy when they assembled at Second and Spring streets that night at ten o'clock . Oddly it was the mayor who was flustered when the two were introduced by Brennan , probably because he felt he owed so much to the scrawny youth who stood before him . `` Murphy , my boy , I -- I -- I do n't know how to thank you , '' the mayor began and then , fearing that sounded too stiff and formal , he added , `` If I 'm re-elected it will be largely because of what you 've done and you can have the best job I 've got to offer . '' `` I got my own reasons for doin ' what I 've done , see ? ''