ten o'clock
`` So , '' said Mivers , reclined on his sofa , and approaching the end of his second Trabuco -LRB- he never allowed himself more than two -RRB- , `` so I think we have pretty well settled the tone you must take in your speech to-night . It is a great occasion . '' `` True . It is the first time in which the debate has been arranged so that I may speak at ten o'clock or later . That in itself is a great leap ; and it is a Cabinet minister whom I am to answer , -- luckily , he is a very dull fellow . Do you think I might hazard a joke , -- at least a witticism ? '' `` At his expense ?