eleven o'clock
`` A tall Englishman had a long conversation about three-quarters of an hour ago with a Jew , Reuben by name , who lives not ten paces from here . '' `` Yes -- and ? '' queried Chauvelin , impatiently . `` The conversation was all about a horse and cart , which the tall Englishman wished to hire , and which was to have been ready for him by eleven o'clock . '' `` It is past that now . Where does that Reuben live ? '' `` A few minutes ' walk from this door . ''