eleven o'clock
But say , I never see him shovel coal harder in my life than he did in that coal-box after breakfast . I 'd like to gamble he 's still shovelin ' it . '' It certainly was a gala day in Barnriff . The festivity had even penetrated to the veins of Silas Rocket , and possessed him of an atmosphere which `` let him in '' to the extent of three rounds of drinks to the boys before eleven o'clock . The men for the most part took a long time with their morning ablutions . But the effect was really impressive and quite worth the extra trouble . The result so lightened up the dingy village , that some of them , one realized , had considerable pretensions to good looks .