10 A.M. Thursday
I could see that after the first day . In fact , I coded in my O. K. the second noon and was plannin ' to slip back home . But when I hinted as much to the Major he nearly threw a cat-fit . Why , he 'd arranged a demonstration at 10 A.M. Thursday , for my special benefit . And there were the tests -- horse-power , gun-ranges , resistance , and I do n't know what all ; technical junk that I savvied about as much as if he 'd been tryin ' to show me how to play the Chinese alphabet on a piccolo . Course , I could n't tell him that , nor I did n't want to break his heart by refusin ' . So I agrees to stick around a while longer .