ten minutes before 7
o'clock
`` Yes , sir . '' `` I countermanded the order by telegraph this morning ; not a man will come . '' `` Yes , sir . '' `` The whistle will blow to-morrow as usual , ten minutes before 7 o'clock , and I shall expect every one of you to be in place ; I have agreed to your terms . '' Hugh looked at the superintendent a moment and then asked a singular question : `` Is it because I found Dollie that you agree to our terms ? '' `` Why do you ask that ? '' `` Because , if that is the reason , I will not accept the terms , for you would be doing out of gratitude an act which your judgment condemned . ''