Ten o’clock
In any case , I shall run the risk of enlarging the dose to forty minims . On this occasion , Mr. Blake knows beforehand that he is going to take the laudanum -- which is equivalent , physiologically speaking , to his having -LRB- unconsciously to himself -RRB- a certain capacity in him to resist the effects . If my view is right , a larger quantity is therefore imperatively required , this time , to repeat the results which the smaller quantity produced , last year . Ten o'clock . -- The witnesses , or the company -LRB- which shall I call them ? -RRB- reached the house an hour since . A little before nine o'clock , I prevailed on Mr. Blake to accompany me to his bedroom ; stating , as a reason , that I wished him to look round it , for the last time , in order to make quite sure that nothing had been forgotten in the refurnishing of the room .