six o’clock
`` She is stolen , I tell you -- and the rascals have got at their work quick ! '' He struck the pile of papers on the desk . `` They will give her up for ten thousand dollars -- to-night . '' He glanced at the clock on the wall , ticking its minutes , hurrying to six o'clock . The dark eyes had followed the glance ; they came back to the man 's face -- `` You pay that -- ten thousand dollar ? '' said Achilles . `` I shall be damned first ! ''