about ten
o'clock
I shrugged my shoulders and he slowly backed towards the door . `` The young men you bid me watch are very quiet , '' I suggested , with a careless wave of my hand towards the room he had mentioned . `` Oh , there is no one there yet . They begin to straggle in about ten o'clock . '' `` Ah , '' was my quiet rejoinder , `` I am likely , then , to have use for your brandy . '' He smiled again and made a swift motion towards the door . `` If you want anything , '' said he , `` just step to the foot of the staircase and let me know .