seven o'clock
So long as he 's at large I may need him any day . It does n't pay for a man to cut off his own fingers . '' So between these two there was always an outward semblance of peace , even when war was on between them , and it frequently happened that they were closely associated in enterprises too large for either to conduct so well alone . On the night of the ball , Hallam took Duncan aside and said to him : `` I wish you 'd take the seven o'clock train this morning and go up to the mines for a few days . Everything there seems to be at sixes and sevens . I ca n't make head or tail out of it all . All I know is that the confounded mine is losing a good many thousands of my dollars every month .