eight o'clock
For more than half an hour Elkan and Max Lapin remained closeted together , and during that period Elkan conducted a clinic over each garment to such good purpose that Max sent out from time to time for more expensive styles . All of these were in turn examined by Elkan , who recognized in at least six models the designs of Joseph Redman , slightly altered in the stealing by Leon Sammet . `` Yes , Mr. Lapin , '' Elkan said , `` them models was all designed by our own designer and some one _ ganvered _ 'em on us . Furthermore , I could bring you here to-morrow morning at eight o'clock from our sample racks these same identical models , with the prices on 'em marked plain like the figures on a ten-dollar bill , understand me ; and if they ai n't from twenty to thirty per cent . lower as you paid for these here garments I 'd eat 'em ! '' For at least ten minutes Max Lapin sat with knitted brows and pondered Elkan 's words . `` Eight o'clock is too early , '' he announced at last .