ten o'clock
`` In case Squills does turn up before schedule time , it would be a good thing to have one handy . '' `` All right , I 'll be ready . When do you start ? '' `` At ten o'clock , '' was the answer . `` We 'll come by for you , '' and the three conspirators tramped down the long corridor , shoulder to shoulder , to the whistled tune of `` John Brown 's Body . '' John sat down at his table , frowning over his lessons for the next day . For nearly an hour he tried to work , first at his Latin and then on the theme that he was expected to hand in directly after chapel .