Ten minutes to six
I 'll just go and make up cook 's fire , put the kettle over , and have a nap there . It 's no use to go to bed now . '' Jerry did as he had promised to himself , and finally sank back in a kind of Windsor chair , dropping off to sleep the next instant , and , by force of habit , waking just at the time he had arranged in his mind . `` Ten minutes to six , '' he muttered , smiling . `` I 've got a head like a ` larum . Just upon the boil , too , '' he added , addressing the kettle , as he changed it from the trivet on to the glowing coals . The clocks were striking six as he went softly upstairs with a little tray , and , turning the handle , entered Richard Frayne 's room , where one of the windows was open ; and all looked bright and cheery in the early morning sunshine as he set the tray down upon the table beside the larger one , which showed that some bread had been broken off , but the rest of the contents were untouched .