nearly ten o’clock
As the king spoke a servant entered , carrying a telegram for Sapt . The colonel took it and put it in his pocket . `` Read it , '' said the king . He had dined and was about to go to bed , it being nearly ten o'clock . `` It will keep , sire , '' answered Sapt , who did not know but that it might be from Wintenberg . `` Read it , '' insisted the king testily . `` It may be from Rischenheim .