Ten o'clock
He feared that there would be other applicants , and was determined to see the manager before any one else . But he need not have been so anxious . Men such as Harkness & Company wanted were hard to get , and the firm were not disposed to be particular as to their character or antecedents , so long as they could do the `` work '' and hold their tongues afterward . Ten o'clock came , and at half-past ten Proctor and two other men went out of the office each with a £ 1 note in his pocket , and with orders to proceed to Melbourne by steamer , and there join the barque _ Kate Rennie _ . Before the steamer left for Melbourne , Proctor had parted with half of his pound for another man 's discharge . He did not want to be known as Proctor of the _ Bandolier _ if he could help it . So he was now Peter Jensen ; and Peter Jensen , a hard-up Norwegian A.B. , was promoted -- on paper -- to John Proctor , master .