ten o'clock
The gates are shut , and troops are moving about everywhere . '' `` All right , Pierre ; we have been looking for it for so long , that it comes almost as a surprise at last . '' Cuthbert got up , made himself a cup of coffee , drank it with a piece of dry bread , and then sallied out . Mary would be on duty at ten o'clock . He knew the road she took on her way to the hospital and should meet her . In half an hour he saw the trim figure in the dark dress , and the white band round the arm . `` I suppose you have heard that we are going to stir up the German nest to-morrow , '' he said gayly .