eleven o'clock
` Bad ' is not the word I should use alone , '' said Hamilton pointedly . In view of the comments which followed , he was surprised and pained to receive on the following day an invitation , couched in such terms as left him a little breathless , to spend the Sunday exploiting the beauties of rural England . `` Now , I wo n't take a ` No , ' '' said Bones , wagging his bony forefinger . `` We 'll start at eleven o'clock , dear old Ham , and we 'll lunch at what-you-may-call-it , dash along the thingummy road , and heigho ! for the beautiful sea-breezes . '' `` Thanks , '' said Hamilton curtly . `` You may dash anywhere you like , but I 'm dashed if I dash with you .