Ten o'clock
Its comfortable iteration made the place at once more livable . Immediately it struck the hour . `` Ten o'clock , '' I said , and parted the draperies at the lower window to look out again . `` Ten o'clock of a still , cloudy night and -- and the devil is on a prowl in his garden . '' `` Meaning my highly respected neighbor and ornament to the local bar , the Honorable Ely Crouch ? '' `` Exactly . Preceded by a familiar spirit in animal form . ''