nearly ten o'clock
Ham , I was to discover later . `` If you see Mr. Glossop anywhere , Bertie , '' she said , her eyes resting dreamily on Tuppy 's facade , `` I wish you would give him these . I 'm so afraid he may be hungry , poor fellow . It 's nearly ten o'clock , and he has n't eaten a morsel since dinner . I 'll just leave them on this bench . '' She pushed off , and it seemed to me that I might as well go with her . Nothing to keep me here , I mean .