ten o'clock
`` Good-morning , Brother March ; wo n't you ` light ? I declare I do n't know which you manage best , yo ' horse aw yo ' tempeh ! '' The parson laughed heartily to indicate that , however doubtful the compliment , his intentions were kind . `` Good-morning , sir , '' said John in the gateway as his pastor came bareheaded toward him ; and after a word or two more of greeting -- `` Mr. Tombs , there 's to be a meeting of stockholders in the parlor of the hotel at ten o'clock . My friend , Mr. Fair , got here yesterday evening , and we want him to see that we mean business and hope he does . '' `` I see , '' said Parson Tombs , with a momentous air . `` And I 'll come .