ten o'clock
The sergeant rode up to where the constable was standing in a professional attitude at the corner of two roads , and jumped off with the manner of a man who has an object in view . `` Wiseman , '' he said -- and his voice was such as to suggest that he had been drinking again -- `` where will you be at ten o'clock to-night ? '' Constable Wiseman raised his eyes in thought . `` At ten o'clock , Sergeant , I shall be opposite the gates of the cemetery . '' The sergeant looked round left and right . `` I am going to see Mr. Minute on a matter of business , '' he said , `` and you need n't mention the fact . '' `` I keep myself to myself , '' began Constable Wiseman .