ten o'clock
`` Not before that ? '' said Little . However , he gave the sergeant a sovereign for good news , and then , taking his hat , walked twenty miles out of Hillsborough , and back , for he knew it was useless his going to bed , or trying to settle to any thing . He got back at ten o'clock , washed , breakfasted , and dozed on two chairs , till Ransome came , with a carpet-bag in his hand . `` Tell me all about it : do n't omit any thing . '' This was Little 's greeting . `` Well , sir , she passed the house about nine o'clock , walking quickly ; and took just one glance in at your window , but did not stop .