about six o'clock
in the morning
`` ` There 's only one thing the matter with my mill , ' said he , ` and that 's Jones 's mill over in Harristown . The railroads give him rebates , and he undersells me . ' `` ` Well , damn his soul , ' said Stagg , ` we 'll have his mill , too . ' `` And so they bundled into their special again , and about six o'clock in the morning they got to Harristown , and they bought another mill . And that started them , you know . They 'd never had such fun in their lives before . It seems that Stagg had just cleaned up ten or twelve millions on a big Wall Street plunge , and they blew in every dollar , buying steel mills -- and paying two or three prices for every one , of course . ''