ten o'clock
`` The thing to do is to reach him before he gets really started , '' said Doc Carson , who was ever thoughtful and far-sighted . `` When he starts he works fast . I do n't think he 's really begun yet . He believes in fair play and he would n't start before ten o'clock -- that 's refreshment time , is n't it ? '' `` It was to be , '' said Minerva . `` That 's the time we were waiting for , '' said Brownie . `` Has he a watch ? ''