ten o'clock
Richard gave a half-impatient nod of assent . `` Where were you on the night of the murder ? '' inquired Lawyer Perkins , after a slight pause . `` I spent the evening at the Slocums ' , until ten o'clock ; then I went home , -- but not directly . It was moonlight , and I walked about , perhaps for an hour . '' `` Did you meet any one ? '' `` Not that I recollect .