eight A.M. sharp
`` The day after to-morrow . School closes in one more day , and father thought it would n't matter much if we slipped off a bit ahead of time . He will fix it with the Head all right . So , now you 've got to be as busy as bees getting your duffle in readiness between now and the time the train goes , eight A.M. sharp . '' `` That governor of yours is certainly the finest ever . How did it come that he fell in with the idea so quickly ? Did you have to beg hard ? ''