nearly ten o’clock
They know my opinion of Arthur 's Seat ; they _ see _ what I think of whisky ; and I rather think it wo n't be long before they hear that my mother 's maiden name was Macleod . '' With those words he slipped out of the room , and left me , as he had found me , in the dark . I was far too much agitated by what I had heard to think of going to sleep again , so I struck a light , and tried to amuse myself as well as I could with an old newspaper that had been stuffed into my carpet bag . It was then nearly ten o'clock . Two hours later , when the house shut up , Mr. Dark came back to me again in high spirits . `` I have got the whole case here , '' says he , tapping his forehead -- `` the whole case , as neat and clean as if it was drawn in a brief . That master of yours does n't stick at a trifle , William .