eight o'clock
For a moment Colville was roused to anger and seemed capable of manly action . But in an instant the humour passed and he shrugged his shoulders and gave a short , indifferent laugh beneath his breath . `` Come , '' he said , `` lead the way and I will follow . I have been out here since eight o'clock and it is deucedly cold . I followed Turner from Paris , for I knew he was on your scent . Once across the marsh we can talk without fear as we go along . '' Barebone obeyed mechanically , leading the way through the bushes to the kitchen-garden and over an iron fencing on to the open marsh .