ten o'clock
No doubt they knew how it felt to be up against a new post in the middle of a day , with everyone too busy to lend a hand , or even a suggestion . The perspiration that has been lost under those circumstances would make quite a stream . Bill had a bad balance . He worked till ten o'clock , taking half an hour off to eat supper . Evan stuck to it , too . When he got to his hotel he had nervous indigestion and a violent headache . He took quinine and went to bed , more or less disgusted with life .