six o'clock sharp
teased Uncle Ben . The storm of acceptance made him laugh . `` Well , then , let 's say a week from next Saturday , if everyone can arrange it for that time . I will invite my friends to be at our party at six o'clock sharp , for afterward we will have to come home on the nine o'clock train . '' `` And will some of those real publishers be there , Uncle Ben ? '' asked Ned , sceptically . `` Some of the greatest in America , my boy , '' said Uncle Ben , seriously , as he understood Ned 's ambition to meet them and his doubt of having the desire fulfilled .