about ten in the evening
`` I was sergeant of the guard out there , and one night the colonel of another regiment tried to go by our guard . At that time the law was that no civilian could be on the streets after half-past eight . 'T was called the curfew law there . `` Well , Colonel Blank came up in a carriage at about ten in the evening . He was n't in uniform , mind you , lad . Well , the sentry on number one post , who did n't know the colonel , stopped his carriage , of course . '' ` I 'm Colonel Blank , ' says the man in the carriage .