ten minutes to eight o’clock
Yet his speech and his eyes went straight to men 's hearts and women 's , so that they held their lives in an eager attendance on his bidding . Do I rave ? Then Sapt was a raver too , for Sapt was foremost in the business . At ten minutes to eight o'clock , young Bernenstein , very admirably and smartly accoutred , took his stand outside the main entrance of the castle . He wore a confident air that became almost a swagger as he strolled to and fro past the motionless sentries . He had not long to wait . On the stroke of eight a gentleman , well-horsed but entirely unattended , rode up the carriage drive .