ten minutes past nine
Then the light went out , and silence fell . From time to time the hum of a motor-car swelled and diminished to its last faint vibrations on the distant road ; and as each car passed Jenny stiffened at her post . She looked at her watch , turning the dial to the moonlight . It was ten minutes past nine now . The cars had left Rackham Park well before nine . She would not have long to wait now ! As she slipped her watch again into her waistband she drew back with an instinctive movement , although the window at which she stood had been this last half-hour in shadow .