ten o'clock
You may be sure he does n't talk as he does without having a reason for it . He 's the last man I know to do anything without a reason . '' The evening dragged along very slowly while Jones continued to tell all that he knew of his friend 's character . But Augustus Scarborough did not return , and soon after ten o'clock , when Harry Annesley could smoke no more cigars , and declared that he had no wish to begin upon brandy-and-water after his wine , he went to his bed . `` There was the devil to pay with my father last night after I went to him , '' said Scarborough to Harry next morning . `` He now and then suffers agonies of pain , and it is the most difficult thing in the world to get him right again . But anything equal to his courage I never before met . ''