Half
past eleven
`` You 'll get us all into an infernal mess with your foolery , '' he said sulkily , `` and when you do , you need n't come to me to help you out . '' `` I wo n't . But do n't forget the committee meeting to-morrow morning . Half past eleven , in Doyle 's Hotel . '' `` What committee ? '' `` Strictly speaking , '' said Dr. O'Grady , `` it 's two committees -- the Statue Erection Committee and the Lord-Lieutenant Reception Committee -- but the same people are on both , so we may as well make one meeting do . '' `` I 'll go , '' said the Major , `` in the hope , utterly vain of course , of keeping you from further excesses . ''