one o'clock
`` How 'll you get her ? '' `` We 've only one real competitor to buck -- an Australian steamship company . They 're crazy to get her ; and as there are no French bidders on this side of the world , naturally and in view of the present condition of world politics the French authorities in Papeete are pulling for the Britisher . Jinks is now in Papeete and I 'm about to start for there at one o'clock . Two bids , Cappy ; I 'll be the dark horse and file my bid at the last minute , after I 've sized up the lay of the land . But , before I do so , I 'm going to take the representative of that Australian steamship company into my confidence and find out what he 's going to bid . For instance , now , Cappy , if you were bidding against me , how high would you go ? ''