Ten
o'clock
Alix asked , for the plan had been suggested at dinner-time . `` I 'll blow you girls to any show you like , '' Martin offered . He took out his big watch -- Cherry remembered just how smoothly this watch always seemed to slip in and out of his pocket -- and smiled at them . `` Ten o'clock , '' he grinned . `` I 'll set up awhile longer , and have a look at the evening papers . '' `` Well -- '' Peter conceded . Cherry was shocked by the sudden chill and sternness of his face .