ten o'clock
Are you having a joke ? Have you hidden it ? '' `` I have not touched your watch . I tell you it 's ten o'clock and the bank -- '' `` Then someone has stolen it , '' Harding exclaimed as he sat up . The pupils of Eustace 's eyes contracted to pinpoints . With an inarticulate cry he dashed from the room and rushed to the stairs . He heard his wife call from the servant 's room but paid no heed to the words .