ten o'clock
-- Oh ! an honest , worthy man , is he ? Very good , Sir . Then , perhaps , Mr. a -- perhaps , Sir , you 'll do me the favour to let one of your people run down to his house , and say Mr. Dangerfield , Lord Castlemallard 's agent , who is staying , you know , at the Brass Castle , would be much obliged if he would bring his rod and tackle , and take a walk with him up the river , for a little angling , at ten o'clock ! ' Jolly Phil Cleary was deferential , and almost nervous in his presence . The silver-haired , grim man , with his mysterious reputation for money , and that short decisive way of his , and sudden cynical chuckle , inspired a sort of awe , which made his wishes , where expressed with that intent , very generally obeyed ; and , sure enough , Irons appeared , with his rod , at the appointed hour , and the interesting anglers -- Piscator and his ` honest scholar , ' as Isaac Walton hath it -- set out side by side on their ramble , in the true fraternity of the gentle craft . The clerk had , I 'm afraid , a shrew of a wife -- shrill , vehement , and fluent .