about ten o'clock
Not a thing to eat , not even a slice of bread or a drop of ginger ale . `` So what do I do ? I breaks into a delicatessen store and gets a load of stuff . That was just about ten o'clock , the time the papers say old man Schurman is croaked . '' Sergeant Conners , who had listened with a sneer now emitted a loud snort . The prisoner cast in his direction a fleeting look of defiance . His eyes returned to Professor Brierly who had been staring at him intently , while his tale unfolded .