ten in the morning
If you try to stop us , one of us will stay here and the other will fetch the policeman . You can make up your mind at once which it shall be , because we 've no time to waste . '' `` Nobody has ever talked to me about a policeman before ; you 'll do it at your peril , '' she said angrily , still standing in the passage , but Dick saw her cast an eye towards the door on her left . `` I 'm quite ready to take the consequences , '' said Dick , `` but whatever they are it wo n't do you any good with other people in your house to have the police summoned at half-past ten in the morning . Now will you let us pass ? '' She suddenly turned and made way for them . Dick went upstairs and Jim followed him .