nine o'clock
We are to have a pic-nic party upon one of those little islands up the river by Kew . All sock and buskin , all theatricals : if the wherries upset , the Hay-market may shut up , for it will be ` _ exeunt omnes _ ' with all its best performers . Look you , Jacob , we shall want three wherries , and I leave you to pick out the other two -- oars in each , of course . You must be at Whitehall steps exactly at nine o'clock , and I daresay the ladies wo n't make you wait more than an hour or two , which , for them , is tolerably punctual . '' Mr Tinfoil then entered into the arrangement for remuneration , and walked away ; and I was conning over in my mind whom I should select from my brother watermen , and whether I should ask old Stapleton to take the other oar in my boat , when I heard a voice never to be mistaken by me -- `` Life is like a summer day Warmed by a sunny ray . `` Lower away yet , Tom . That 'll do , my trump .