Ten o'clock
He handed me a candlestick and a key . `` So , '' he grunted , `` No. 31 , the third floor . '' A clock rang out the hour somewhere in the distance . `` Ten o'clock already , '' he said . `` The gentleman 's papers can wait till to-morrow , it is so late . Or perhaps the gentleman will give them to the proprietress . She must come any moment . ''