Ten o'clock
`` You are early , '' he said , somewhat suspiciously it seemed to Hal . `` Why , no , '' replied the lad , manifesting surprise . `` I am on the dot , as I always am . Ten o'clock . '' `` But it is not ten yet , '' said the man . Hal drew out his watch and looked at it . `` Ten to the minute , '' he said , and held it up so the man could see .