ten o'clock
Surely there must be some place in the house for my luggage besides my private apartment . ' Then the door was shut with a bang , and Harold heard the sliding of the bolt as Arthur Tracy fastened himself in his room . All the time that Frank Tracy had been receiving his guests and trying to seem happy and at his ease , his thoughts had been dwelling upon his brother 's telegram and the ominous words , ` Send some one to meet us . ' How slowly the minutes dragged until it was ten o'clock , and he knew that John had started for the station to meet the dreaded ' _ us _ . ' He had told everybody that he was expecting his long-absent brother , and had tried to seem glad on account of it . ` You and he were great friends , I believe , ' he said to Squire Harrington . ` Yes , we were friends , ' the latter replied ; ` but when he lived here my health was such that I did not mingle much in society .