ten o'clock
`` I 've -- I 've got to decide on some things right this morning . I -- I 've got to know how to portion out my investments . '' Sam looked at his watch and was genuinely distressed . `` I 'm sorry , '' said he , `` but I have an engagement over at Hollis Creek at exactly ten o'clock , and I 've scant time to make it . '' `` Business ? '' demanded Westlake . `` No , '' confessed Sam slowly .