ten o'clock
`` A telegram came for him yesterday morning about ten . Joanna , the servant , who took it up to him , says Mr. Reynolds told her it was from New York . So I suppose some friend there -- you will probably be able to say who -- has been taken very dangerously ill , or perhaps is dead . The summons must have been very urgent , for he left his room not ten minutes afterward , and took the half-past ten o'clock train down . `` I feel sure he will be back by to-morrow evening . Do n't let your daughters fail to be here to meet him . '' After reading this , and without pausing to indulge in casuistry , Professor Valeyon betook himself straight to Sophie 's chamber .