about eleven o'clock
It was three o'clock before he found Collaton ; and that featureless young man , whose lack of visible eyebrows and lashes was a constant annoyance to the fastidious Gresham , was in a high state of elation . `` Well , we get back your fifteen thousand , '' he exulted after they were safely in Gresham 's apartments . `` Of course Jacobs gets five thousand for engineering the deal , but that gives us five thousand apiece . Jacobs was told -- about eleven o'clock -- that the money was there . '' `` Keep my share ; but why did n't you send me word ? '' snarled Gresham . `` I nearly put my foot in it by having a man with whom Gamble is doing business inquire about him at the Fourth National .