eight o'clock in the morning
`` You 've got something there , pal . And how ! '' And with that both boys lapsed into silence , and stared thoughtful and scowlingly up at the hotel room ceiling . _ Room 1200 _ Any period of time will pass if you 'll just wait long enough , and so eventually it was eight o'clock in the morning , and the two air aces had paused before Room Twelve Hundred at the Air Ministry . They had paused by unspoken mutual consent . And now as their eyes met they both grinned , and lifted their right hands with the middle fingers crossed over the indexes . `` Here 's for luck , or something , '' Dave Dawson murmured with a wink .