ten o'clock
First thing we know , no respectable man 'll marry her , either . '' From between the girl 's shut teeth issued a cry . She darted across the hall , locked herself in her room . SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left , but , all ardor and impatience , stole in at the Warhams ' front gate at ten o'clock . He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs , and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly , smoked a cigarette , keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand . He was not twenty feet away , was seeing and hearing , when Arthur kissed Ruth good night . He laughed to himself .