half past ten
If he dies , I shall feel as though I murdered him . '' How long the hours and half hours , told off on the clock , seemed -- eight , nine , ten , -- would Lady Helena never come ? It was a long way to St. John 's Wood , but she might surely be here by this time . It was half past ten , and tired out thinking , tired out with her day 's work , she had fallen into a sort of uneasy sleep and fitful dream in her chair when she suddenly became half conscious of some one near her . She had been dreaming of Sandypoint , of quarrelling with her cousin . `` Do n't Charley ! '' she said petulantly , aloud , and the sound of her own voice awoke her fully .