nearly ten
o’clock
He was certainly aware of the condition of his clothes . `` If I could even have got a ready made suit , '' he said , `` it might have fitted . But I could n't do that . I did n't get to London till nearly ten o'clock . There was a train at four . I wish now that I 'd caught it . It was only a few minutes after three when I remembered about the party and I might have caught that train .