eleven o'clock
Sad to relate , as in all the troubled flumes of life where vast currents are compressed in narrow , tortuous spaces , these two men were now concerned chiefly with the momentary care of small but none the less heartbreaking burdens . Where to find fifty thousand to take care of this or that burden of stock which was momentarily falling upon them ? They were as two men called upon , with their limited hands and strength , to seal up the ever-increasing crevices of a dike beyond which raged a mountainous and destructive sea . At eleven o'clock Mr. Phineas Hull rose from the chair which sat before his solid mahogany desk , and confronted his partner . `` I 'll tell you , Ben , '' he said , `` I 'm afraid we ca n't make this . We 've hypothecated so much of this stock around town that we ca n't possibly tell who 's doing what . I know as well as I 'm standing on this floor that some one , I ca n't say which one , is selling us out .