half past ten
I followed him in the direction of a detached building in the garden . This was Harold 's particular domain . It contained three rooms -- one a library and office , another an arsenal and deed-room , and the third , into which he led me , was a sort of sitting-room , containing a piano , facilities for washing , a table , easy-chairs , and other things . As we entered I noticed the lamp , burning brightly on the table , gleamed on the face of a clock on the wall , which pointed to half past ten . We stood beside the table , some distance apart , and , facing me , he said : `` It is no use of me making a long yarn about nothing . I 'm sure you know what I want to say better than I do myself . You always are wonderfully smart at seeing through a fellow .