12 o'clock
`` Would you not sell for thirty-five thousand pounds cash ? '' Mr. McLain dropped his head slightly , and then suddenly replied : `` No , sir , but I would sell for forty thousand pounds cash , English money . '' `` Very well , Mr. McLain , make out the necessary papers , and on one week from today I will pay you forty thousand pounds in Bank of England notes . '' `` All right , Major , I will meet you at the Montreal National Bank one week from today , at 12 o'clock . I will bring the papers . '' `` All right , '' said the Major , and departed . A day or two after the sale of the Majestic , while the preparation of the transfer papers was going on , Mr. McLain 's young man , who was acting as his secretary and clerk , asked his employer to be relieved of his present duties .