ten o'clock
`` I knew the fellow was a hustler , but I should suppose that when he comes up from South America to telephone he might spend sixty or seventy seconds at it . Must be a sudden move ; no hint of it in his last letter . '' He consulted his watch . He would have to emulate Waldron 's haste if he reached the Warrington Street Station by ten o'clock . He made a number of rapid moves , resulting in his catching a through car which bore him downtown at express speed and landed him in the big station at a minute before ten . Hurrying through the crowd he came suddenly face to face with the man he sought . Tanned to a seasoned brown , and looking as vigorous as a lusty pine tree , Waldron shook hands warmly .