ten o’clock
But my mistress said it was too late to do anything that day , and told me to wait at table as usual , and to go on my errand the first thing the next morning . Mr. Meeke was coming with some new music in the evening , and I suspect she was not willing to be disturbed at her favorite occupation by the arrival of the constable . When dinner was over the parson came , and the concert went on as usual through the evening . At ten o'clock I took up the tray , with the wine , and soda-water , and biscuits . Just as I was opening one of the bottles of soda-water , there was a sound of wheels on the drive outside , and a ring at the bell . I had unfastened the wires of the cork , and could not put the bottle down to run at once to the door . One of the female servants answered it .