ten o'clock
When the landlord was gone the president of The King 's Basin Land and Irrigation Company walked the floor , carefully reviewing his dealings with Jefferson Worth from the beginning . So this was what the banker had `` up his sleeve '' when he declined to join the Company ! He was interrupted by the boy with Mr. Worth 's answer . Mr. Worth would be in his office at the store until ten o'clock . The eastern capitalist made his way to the little room in the store where Jefferson Worth sat at his battered old desk . `` How do you do ? '' `` Sit down , '' came the colorless greeting as the western man with one hand closed the door and with the other motioned toward the chair at the end of the desk .