nearly ten o’clock before
When I have spun the web they may take the flies , but not before . '' All day I was engaged in my professional work , and it was late in the evening before I returned to Baker Street . Sherlock Holmes had not come back yet . It was nearly ten o'clock before he entered , looking pale and worn . He walked up to the sideboard , and tearing a piece from the loaf he devoured it voraciously , washing it down with a long draught of water . `` You are hungry , '' I remarked . `` Starving .