About ten o'clock
And in those few words Reginald Cruden 's life entered on a new era . When Horace half an hour later came flying on to the scene they still sat there hand in hand , trying to realise it all , but not succeeding . Horace , however , helped them back to speech , and far into the night they talked . About ten o'clock Harker looked in for a moment , and after them young Gedge , unable to wait till the morning . But they stayed only a moment , and scarcely interrupted the little family reunion . What those three talked about it would be hard for me to say . What they did not talk about in the past , the present , and the future would be almost easier to set down .