eight o'clock
Anyone could tell you 're an Irishman . Get along , then ; do your best , and if you do n't come back I 'll try to take Chandernagore without you . '' He smiled as he slapped Desmond on the shoulder . Well pleased with his ready consent , Desmond hurried away , got a horse , and riding hard reached Calcutta by eight o'clock and went straight to Mr. Merriman . Explaining what was afoot , he asked for the loan of the men of the Hormuzzeer . Merriman at once agreed ; Captain Barker was a friend of Peloti 's ; and he needed no stronger inducement . Desmond hurried down to the river ; the Hormuzzeer was lying off Cruttenden Ghat ; and Mr. Toley for once broke through his settled sadness of demeanor when he learned of the expedition proposed .