about ten o'clock
`` So he has , '' said the sergeant ; `` a smart , clever young man ; and his clothes and all belonging to the Queen . '' `` But maybe he 'll send the toggery back , '' pleaded Jerry . `` They do n't want the clothes ; they want the man ! '' It was about ten o'clock that evening , after the officers had left the mess-room , that one of the subalterns sauntered up to Lacey 's quarters , where he found the latter waiting for his guests . `` Cigarette ? '' said Lacey . `` Thanks ! ''