ten o’clock
And _ what _ an opinion ! I shuddered as I thought of it . WE reached London between eight and nine in the evening . Strictly methodical in all his habits , Benjamin had telegraphed to his housekeeper , from Edinburgh , to have supper ready or us by ten o'clock , and to send the cabman whom he always employed to meet us at the station . Arriving at the villa , we were obliged to wait for a moment to let a pony-chaise get by us before we could draw up at Benjamin 's door . The chaise passed very slowly , driven by a rough-looking man , with a pipe in his mouth . But for the man , I might have doubted whether the pony was quite a stranger to me .