ten o'clock
I began to wander about amongst the people in the market place , kept from choice near the woman who had potted plants for sale . The heavy crimson roses -- the leaves of which glowed blood-like and moist in the damp morning -- made me envious , and tempted me sinfully to snatch one , and I inquired the price of them merely as an excuse to approach as near to them as possible . If I had any money over I would buy one , no matter how things went ; indeed , I might well save a little now and then out of my way of living to balance things again . It was ten o'clock , and I went up to the newspaper office . `` Scissors '' is running through a lot of old papers . The editor has not come yet . On being asked my business , I delivered my weighty manuscript , lead him to suppose that it is something of more than uncommon importance , and impress upon his memory gravely that he is to give it into we editor 's own hands as soon as he arrives .