eight o'clock
in the morning
`` I 've done the job pretty well , '' he chuckled to himself . `` I 'd like to be lookin ' on when the boy sees it . '' Now that he had done the job he wanted his pay . Conrad had agreed to meet him at an old ruined barn not far from his house at eight o'clock in the morning . `` It wo n't do to call for me earlier , '' he said , `` for it might excite suspicion . '' From the breakfast table Conrad directed his steps to the barn . The tramp was sitting outside , smoking a pipe .