about ten
o'clock
I killed time as best I could watching him adjust the thing with the most minute care and precision . Finally I came to the conclusion that as I was not likely to be of the least assistance , even if I had been initiated into what was afoot , I had as well retire . `` There is one thing you can do for me in the morning , Walter , '' said Kennedy , continuing to work over a delicate piece of clockwork which formed a part of the apparatus . `` In case I do not see you then , get in touch with Williams and Carroll and have them come here about ten o'clock with an automobile . If I am not ready for them then I 'm afraid I never shall be , and we shall have to finish the job with the lack of finesse you suggested by arresting all the bearded men . '' Kennedy could not have slept much during the night , for though his bed had been slept in he was up and away before I could see him again . I made a hurried trip downtown to catch Carroll and Williams and then returned to the laboratory , where Craig had evidently just finished a satisfactory preliminary test of his machine .