ten
o'clock
I was already a tiny cog in a great machine . I should have to revolve or be crushed . His Excellency left me in no doubt on this point . When I was ushered into his study , after a much-needed wash and a shave , he received me standing and said point-blank : `` Your orders are to stay here until ten o'clock to-night , when you will be taken to Berlin by Lieutenant Count von Boden . I do n't know you , I do n't know your business , but I have received certain orders concerning you which I intend to carry out . For that reason you will dine with us here . After you have seen the person to whom you are to be taken to-night , Lieutenant Count von Boden will accompany you to the railway station at Spandau , where a special train will be in readiness in which he will conduct you back to the frontier .