ten o’clock of night
``` If you want to know what it was , Mr. Tom , ' I went on , with my politest air , although in agony from the nugget underneath -- for I hold it is always best to be polite to a man who is so ready with a handspike -- ` my boy and I have had a slight difference of opinion , and I was enforcing my view of the matter upon him ; that 's all . ' ``` Yes , Mr. Tom , ' put in Harry , beginning to weep , for Harry was a smart boy , and saw the difficulty we were in , ` that was it -- I halloed because father beat me . ' ``` Well , now , did yer , my dear boy -- did yer ? Well , all I can say is that a played-out old claim is a wonderful queer sort of place to come to for to argify at ten o'clock of night , and what 's more , my sweet youth , if ever I should ` ave the argifying of yer ' -- and he leered unpleasantly at Harry -- ` yer wo n't ` oller in quite such a jolly sort ` o way . And now I 'll be saying good-night , for I do n't like disturbing of a family party . No , I ai n't that sort of man , I ai n't . Good-night to yer , ` unter Quatermain -- good-night to yer , my argified young one ; ' and Mr. Tom turned away disappointed , and prowled off elsewhere , like a human jackal , to see what he could thieve or kill .