ten o'clock
`` That it wos , Harry , '' returned the assistant foreman of the Bully Boys . `` If Patching can do that sort o ' thing , he 'll pass . '' Patching fixed looks of professional indignation on the coroner and the assistant foreman , and sat down gloomily , amid the suppressed laughter of the irreverent reporters . The coroner then looked at his watch , and , finding that the time was within half an hour of dinner , said that the inquest would be adjourned till the following morning , at ten o'clock . `` But , your Honor , '' said Overtop , '' -- that is , if you will allow me to make the suggestion -- could n't you give us an hour longer ? Nothing has yet been heard from Miss Minford , who , you said , was expected to be in attendance to-day . Will you be good enough to send to Mrs. Crull 's house for her ? ''