half after ten
`` What do you say to going down to the hotel and having a game of _ bazzica _ , as they call billiards here ? '' `` Nothing would please me better , '' said Courtlandt , relieved that Harrigan did not press him for further revelations . `` Nora is studying a new opera , and Molly-O is ragging the village dressmaker . It 's only half after ten , and we can whack 'em around until noon . I warn you , I 'm something of a shark . '' `` I 'll lay you the cigars that I beat you . '' `` You 're on ! ''