ten o'clock
No possible excuse to smoke on the terrace . It might be wiser to stay in the hall . Surely Dmitry would come with some message before very long , if he was patient and waited her pleasure . But ten o'clock struck and there was no sign . Only the English youth , Percy Trevellian , had got into conversation with him , and was proposing billiards to pass the time . Paul loved billiards -- but not to-night . Heavens !