half past eleven o'clock
I subsequently heard that he was there on business , and hardly spoke a word during a long and stormy interview between Mr. Parasyte and his visitors . The clock on the school-house struck ten , and still Mr. Parasyte did not come . It was deeply impressed upon our minds that something was about to happen , and we waited with intense anxiety for the event . At half past eleven o'clock , Mr. Parasyte entered the school-room . He looked sad and subdued , and his coming was the signal for a breathless silence among the boys . It was evident that he had a proposition to make . `` Young gentlemen , I appear before you now for the last time , '' said he .