ten o'clock
Every now 'n then I go ` flip , ' '' -- he appeared to pull a light lever situated in his head -- '' 'n fire it off . See ? Always hit something . '' It was ten o'clock when , the job lot of telegrams despatched , Fairfax led his volcano from the hotel and headed for the apartment house . He expected another balk at the entrance , for his round of gaiety had come now to seem to him eternal -- he could hardly imagine a life in which he was not conducting a tipsy man through a maze of experiences . So that it was one of the surprises of the evening when Strong entered quietly and with perfect deportment took his place in the elevator and got out again , eight floors up , with the mildness of a dove . At the door of the apartment came the last brief but sharp action of the campaign .