ten o'clock
He applied himself to one of the office telephones , asked for several numbers , one after the other , and put questions with eagerness and rapidity . The information he received seemed to disturb him considerably . He came out of the booth and scrubbed his cheeks with his purple handkerchief . `` Their annual meeting at ten o'clock to-morrow morning , four hundred miles from here ! Well , I suppose I ought to be thankful that it 's not being held right now , '' Mr. Fogg informed himself , determined to fan that one flicker of hope with both wings of his optimism . `` But I 've got to admit that twenty-four hours is almighty scant time for a job of this sort , even when the operator is the little Fogg boy himself . Damme , I have n't come to a full , realizing sense yet of all I 've got to do and how I 'm going to do it . ''