ten o'clock
`` Which means that she 's ready , '' said the future chauffeur , examining a suit of overalls . `` Do n't be so cocksure , '' said I , opening the letter . `` Hum -- ha -- well , yes , it does seem to be all right , if you can ever judge a woman 's intentions by what she says . She wants to know whether the arrangement stands , that we 're to call for them at ten o'clock to-morrow morning , and whether we 're to go rain or shine . I 'll scratch off a line in answer , and say yes -- yes -- yes , to everything . '' I did so with a trembling hand , and then gave myself up to the weakness of reaction . Upon Félicité fell the task of doing my packing , which consisted in cramming a suit of flannels , my evening things , and all the linen it would hold without bursting asunder , into a large , fitted suit-case .