twelve o'clock on Saturday
h 'm ! ... not dear at the price . But stop a bit ! ` Until twelve o'clock on Saturday next copies of the above , with revolving bookcase , can be secured for the low price of seven pounds ten . ' ... '' This did not seem to increase the speaker 's confidence and he continued , as he wrestled with a rearrangement of the sheet : `` Shiny paper , and every volume weighs a ton . Very full of matter -- everything in it except the thing you want to know . By-the-bye ... what a singular thing it is , when you come to think of it , that so many people will sell you a thing worth a pound for sixpence , who wo n't give you a shilling outright on any terms !