ten o'clock
He was with good reason ill at ease . I might indeed have to ask the President for something . '' He reconsidered his own relation to the adventure as he sat at breakfast , and saw in it some remainder of danger . At ten o'clock he was with the Secretary . `` I want , '' he said , `` to talk to you as my old friend . You are my official superior and may order me to the North Pole , but now may I re-assume the other position for a minute and make a confidential statement ? '' `` Certainly , Penhallow .