eight o'clock in the morning
But there 's a railway out there that 'll be ours in a few months . Then you 'll want Yankee train-hands . Can you do that much for me , lieutenant ? '' `` Come to me at The Palace at eight o'clock in the morning , '' answered Stuyvesant . `` I 'll have had a chance to talk to my general by that time . Meanwhile '' -- and with a blush he began drawing forth his purse . The brakeman smiled .