ten o'clock
Father went back to the office to examine some reports that were just finished up late this afternoon . '' `` I 'll be over , '' said Bince , `` as soon as I dress . '' If there was any trace of surprise or shock in his tones the girl failed to notice it . At ten o'clock that night a figure moved silently through the dark shadows of an alleyway in the area of the International Machine Company 's plant on West Superior Street . As he moved along he counted the basement windows silently , and at the fifth window he halted . Just a casual glance he cast up and down the alley , and then , kneeling , he raised the sash and slipped quietly into the darkness of the basement . At about the same time Jimmy 's landlady called him to the telephone , where a man 's voice asked if `` this was Mr. Torrance ? ''