seven o'clock
said my old boy ; ` to-day is Wednesday , the 13th . ' ` No such thing , ' affirmed the forester ; ` to-day is the 14th : it is Thursday . ' So they went on disputing . At last the forester took out his pocket-book , on which he strikes out each day as it passes , and there was a great stroke over Wednesday ; and on Tuesday he had put down as a memorandum , ` To-day , at seven o'clock , the bailiff 's father arrived : a very tall man , can drink plenty of punch ; ' and on Wednesday , ` The bailiff 's father has been asleep the whole day through . ' Having read this , my governor got quite composed , and said , ` It 's all correct : here we have it in black and white . Tuesday , I arrived at seven -- a tall man -- plenty of punch ; all this tallies . Wednesday is past .