ten o'clock
Of course he would fail . He was almost prepared to acknowledge as much to the Serjeant . He had heard of a certain vessel that would start in three days for the rising colony called New South Wales , and he almost wished that he had taken his passage in her . At ten o'clock he had been desired to call at eleven , and as the clock struck eleven he knocked at the Serjeant 's door . `` Serjeant Bluestone is not here yet , '' said the clerk , who was disposed to be annoyed by the man 's pertinacity . `` He told me to come early in the morning , and this is not early . '' `` He is not here yet , sir . ''