ten o'clock
Footnote , Chapter XVII -LSB- 1 -RSB- I can not forbear to add a note on this eminently Trojan word . In the fifteenth century , so high was the spirit of the Trojan sea-captains , and so heavy the toll of black-mail they levied on ships of other ports , that King Edward IV sent poursuivant after poursuivant to threaten his displeasure . The messengers had their ears slit for their pains ; and `` poursuivanting '' or `` pussivanting '' survives as a term for ineffective bustle . At ten o'clock on this same morning Mr. Samuel Buzza sat by the Club window , alternately skimming his morning paper and sipping his morning draught . He was alone , for the habit of early rising was fast following the other virtues of antique Troy , and the members rarely mustered in force before eleven . He had read all the murders and sporting intelligence , and was about to glance at the affairs of Europe , when Mrs. Cripps , the caretaker , entered in a hurry and a clean white apron . `` If you please , sir , there 's Seth Udy 's little boy below with a note for you .