ten o’clock
So the two first English visitors of the year came to the Baths of Wildbad in the season of eighteen hundred and thirty-two . AT ten o'clock the next morning , Mr. Neal -- waiting for the medical visit which he had himself appointed for that hour -- looked at his watch , and discovered , to his amazement , that he was waiting in vain . It was close on eleven when the door opened at last , and the doctor entered the room . `` I appointed ten o'clock for your visit , '' said Mr. Neal . `` In my country , a medical man is a punctual man . '' `` In my country , '' returned the doctor , without the least ill-humor , `` a medical man is exactly like other men -- he is at the mercy of accidents . Pray grant me your pardon , sir , for being so long after my time ; I have been detained by a very distressing case -- the case of Mr. Armadale , whose traveling-carriage you passed on the road yesterday . ''