ten o'clock
He was determined , if the opportunity offered , to be revenged upon them for their insolence . But how ? This was the matter he revolved in his snake-licking mind as he stared at the wall , and he was in a hurry to reach a solution of his difficulty . Stark Coleman had called him before he was out of bed that morning to say that there had been a citizens ' meeting the night before , and that he , Coleman , would be up to see him at ten o'clock . In the first place , why had he not been notified of the citizens ' meeting . He usually presided on these occasions when the tutelary deities of Jordantown gathered in Coleman 's office , or more frequently in his own office , to discuss the ways and means by which the principles of the Democratic party could be made to contribute most liberally to the liberty of man , especially in Jordantown . In the second place , the tone of Coleman 's voice was cool , offensively so .