nearly ten o'clock
He hurried to the home of the operator . Out . After two false trails , he located the man at a church sociable , and got the message off . It was then nearly ten o'clock . He had wasted precious moments in brooding . Well , he had done all and more than could have been asked of him , let the event be what it would . His night was a succession of forebodings , dreamed or half-wakeful .