Ten o'clock
`` But -- but -- how _ could _ he be there ? He was here last night . Quite late . Ten o'clock . Walked down after dinner to hear how Jacky was ! '' I made a vague sweeping gesture , which was designed to express a lack of all responsibility concerning the Squire 's eccentricities , but Delphine 's suspicions were aroused , and she was not to be easily put off . `` He must have gone up by the workman 's train .