ten
o'clock
Sarrion gathered the reins in his gloved hands , glanced back over the collar which Juanita had vigorously pulled up about his ears , and with a nod , drove away into the night . When Marcos , who walked slowly up the slope , returned to the house he found it in darkness . The servants had gone to bed . It was past ten o'clock . The window of his own study had been left open and the lamp burnt there . He went in , extinguished the lamp , and taking a candle went up-stairs to his own room . He did not stay in the room , however , but went out to the balcony which ran the whole length of the house .