ten o'clock
`` I 'm going out , now , '' said Stott resolutely , and he rose to his feet , though his meal was barely finished . `` You 'll be back before Mrs. Reade goes ? '' asked the nurse , and passed a hand over her tired eyes . `` She 'll be here till ten o'clock . I 'm going to lie down . '' `` I 'll be back by ten , '' Stott assured her as he went out . He did come back at ten o'clock , but he was stupidly drunk .