ten o’clock
`` They meant to , I swear , '' said Rischenheim with sudden attention . `` Then they would have found the king . There 's a telegraph wire at Hofbau , only a few miles away . And it 's ten o'clock . My cousin , why is n't Strelsau mourning for our lamented king ? Why are n't the flags at half-mast ? I do n't understand it . ''