ten o’clock
`` I shall be back in five minutes . '' He reappeared in five minutes as he had said . The prince was waiting for him . `` I 've put her in the carriage , '' he said ; `` it has been waiting round the corner there since ten o'clock . She expected that you would be with _ them _ all the evening . I told her exactly what you wrote me . She wo n't write to the girl any more , she promises ; and tomorrow she will be off , as you wish .