Six o'clock
_ He _ had no dinner-table -- at least , he had no dinner on it ! Who the man might be Bertram thought he could easily guess . It was either Arkwright or Calderwell , of course ; and probably that tiresome Alice Greggory was mixed up in it somehow . He did wish Billy -- Six o'clock came , then half-past . Bertram was indeed frightened now , but he was more angry , and still more hungry . He had , in fact , reached that state of blind unreasonableness said to be peculiar to hungry males from time immemorial . At ten minutes of seven a key clicked in the lock of the outer door , and William and Billy entered the hall .