eight o'clock
`` Half down , and the rest when you land in England . Jan might object , but he 'll give in . No Dutchman of his standing would shut his eyes to twenty in hard cash . '' At eight o'clock on Friday morning Katje 's dog-team romped up ; but , instead of the old vrouw , a lean , leather-faced man with a long coat reaching to his heels and a flat-topped peak cap strode beside the cart . At the gate he stopped , and spoke at considerable length with the sentry . There was hardly any expression on the faces of the two men as they talked . Whether the soldier fell in with the suggestion , Ross , who was anxiously watching from the window , could not decide .