ten o’clock
` Good - morning , sir . ' ` You 're a soft customer , you are ; we 've got it all out o ' you , anyhow , ' thought Mr. Weller , as Job walked away . We can not state the precise nature of the thoughts which passed through Mr. Trotter 's mind , because we do n't know what they were . The day wore on , evening came , and at a little before ten o'clock Sam Weller reported that Mr. Jingle and Job had gone out together , that their luggage was packed up , and that they had ordered a chaise . The plot was evidently in execution , as Mr. Trotter had foretold . Half-past ten o'clock arrived , and it was time for Mr. Pickwick to issue forth on his delicate errand . Resisting Sam 's tender of his greatcoat , in order that he might have no encumbrance in scaling the wall , he set forth , followed by his attendant .