eight o'clock sharp
`` What do you wish me to do ? '' he continued after a moment . `` I will do the best I can for you and am ready to go to work now . '' `` You are to be at the office at eight o'clock sharp , '' replied Frye , `` take one hour for lunch , and remain till six . '' Then he added by way of a spur to his slave 's fidelity , `` I am paying you seventy-five dollars a month on the recommend of an important client of mine who wanted to humor his son . It was your good luck to have this son 's friendship , as he belongs to a wealthy family . He is a spendthrift , of course , but that is no matter , and all the better for us .