ten minutes past ten
She knew that he would not only understand but sympathize with her , and she was sure he would give her wise counsel . She regretted bitterly that she had not been able to make a friend of him , as she had of several of his colleagues . She would have sent for him without hesitation . She glanced at the clock ; it pointed to ten minutes past ten . He was doubtless at that moment in his Committee Room looking over his correspondence . She knew that Senators received letters at the rate of a hundred a day , and were early risers in consequence . If only she dared to go to him , if only he were not so desperately busy .