ten o’clock
It was not so easy to follow Sir James 's advice , and put the possible events of the evening out of her head . As she drew nearer and nearer to Hyde Park corner , the temptation to return to South Audley Mansions was almost irresistible . At any rate , she decided , it would do no harm just to go and _ look _ at the building . Perhaps , then , she could resign herself to waiting patiently for ten o'clock . South Audley Mansions looked exactly the same as usual . What Tuppence had expected she hardly knew , but the sight of its red brick stolidity slightly assuaged the growing and entirely unreasonable uneasiness that possessed her . She was just turning away when she heard a piercing whistle , and the faithful Albert came running from the building to join her .