about ten o'clock
I think I am entitled to my breakfast . It 's not often a man makes so much of a morning . '' And resuming his deliberate walk -- a characteristic , as he himself acknowledged , of a true thief-catcher -- he repaired to a coffee-house in Nicolson Street , and allayed his hunger by coffee and a pound of chops . It was about ten o'clock when he reached the office , where he had the pleasant scene presented to him of a well-assorted bag of game -- the last victims , Four-toes and Squint , being in the act of being deposited as he entered . The principals secure , the accessories were of less consequence . There were there Abram , Slabberdash , Squint , and Four-toes . `` To complete our complement we must have Four-toes ' mother and Mrs. Anderson , '' he said to the superintendent , `` and Reid and Jones will go and fetch them . ''