ten o'clock
What 's the latest ? '' `` We 're on time , sah , '' replied the porter , from sheer force of habit . `` The devil we are ! Say , I 've got to be in Omegon by ten o'clock . I 'll sue this infernal road , '' snarled the irascible party , snapping the curtains together . It transpired that he was an agent for a medical college , travelling to Omegon on a most unwholesome but edifying mission . He was going up to take possession of the body of a man who had willed his carcass to the school .