ten o'clock
So in his kindly feeling Harold offered to drive him home , for he knew that he could thus keep him out of further harm . Leonard thanked him in uncertain speech , and said he would be ready . In the meantime he would go and play billiards with the marker whilst Harold was having his dinner . At ten o'clock Harold 's dogcart was ready and he went to look for Leonard , who had not since come near him . He found him half asleep in the smoking-room , much drunker than he had been earlier in the evening . The drive was fairly long , so Harold made up his mind for a prolonged term of uneasiness and anxiety . The cool night-air , whose effect was increased by the rapid motion , soon increased Leonard 's somnolence and for a while he slept soundly , his companion watching carefully lest he should sway over and fall out of the trap .