ten o'clock until five
He thundered unsought denunciation of `` the dastardly conduct of some fugitive cur . '' As a motorist , he `` so well understood our feelings . '' But -- at length and with a wealth of detail he described how he and his chauffeur had spent the twenty-second of May . With the exception of an hour for lunch , they had worked on the car in the garage from ten o'clock until five . `` It seemed a shame , '' concluded the witness , `` to waste such a beautiful day , but I had earmarked the twenty-second for the job , so we went through with it . '' A most dangerous thing in the hands of any witness , detail is seldom employed by the dishonest . It is not difficult safely to embroider a lie , but it apparently requires more thought , patience , and rehearsal than ninety-nine rogues out of a hundred are prepared to spend .