eight o'clock
I 'll put your evidence , as you reported it to me , into shape , and you come to me to-morrow morning at eight o'clock ; and mind you , I 'll reward you this time , and better than ever you 've fared before . Go on . Or stay -- I 'll go before . ' And Mr. Dangerfield laughed one of his chilly laughs -- and , with a nod to Irons , repeated -- ` eight o'clock ' -- and so walked on a little bit . The clerk had not said a word . A perspiration broke forth on his forehead , and , wiping the drops away , he said -- ` Lord have mercy upon us -- Lord deliver us -- Lord have mercy upon us , ' like a man dying . Mr. Dangerfield 's bold proposition seemed quite to overpower and unman him .