a quarter to eleven
They went again at half-past ten : he had not come . Two men now placed themselves under the lamp immediately beside the gangway . Another stayed by the office door , and one or two more up Mary Street -- the straight cut to the quay . At a quarter to eleven the mail-bags were put on board . Whilst the attention of the idlers was directed to the mails , down Mary Street came a man as boldly as possible . The gait was Manston 's , but not the clothes . He passed over to the shaded part of the street : heads were turned .