ten in the evening
Eight o'clock came , and nine , and it was then the truth dawned upon her -- Nutty had escaped . He had slipped away and gone up to New York . Lord Dawlish sat in the New York flat which had been lent him by his friend Gates . The hour was half-past ten in the evening ; the day , the second day after the exodus of Nutty Boyd from the farm . Before him on the table lay a letter . He was smoking pensively . Lord Dawlish had found New York enjoyable , but a trifle fatiguing .