About ten o’clock
But I have a sort of sneaking respect for the determination to make life interesting and lively in spite of civilization . To return to the matter in hand , however ; has it struck you as a possibility that Manderson 's mind was affected to some extent by this menace that Bunner believes in ? For instance , it was rather an extraordinary thing to send you posting off like that in the middle of the night . ' ` About ten o'clock , to be exact , ' replied Marlowe . ` Though , mind you , if he 'd actually roused me out of my bed at midnight I should n't have been very much surprised . It all chimes in with what we 've just been saying . Manderson had a strong streak of the national taste for dramatic proceedings .