four o’clock
For the last three days we have been watching for every ray of sun . I now have the means of submitting metals , in a complete vacuum , to concentrated solar fires and to electric currents . At this very moment the most powerful action a chemist can employ is about to show results which I alone -- '' `` My father , instead of vaporizing metals you should employ them in paying your notes of hand -- '' `` Wait , wait ! '' `` Monsieur Merkstus has been here , father ; and he must have ten thousand francs by four o'clock . '' `` Yes , yes , presently . True , I did sign a little note which is payable this month . I felt sure I should have found the Absolute .