ten o'clock
Lock all the doors , bar all the windows , and burn them before the police come . '' `` Wait a bit , '' said Nancy -- `` wait a bit . '' They sat on each side of the notes ; Penfold agitated and terrified , Nancy confounded and perplexed . PUNCTUALLY at ten o'clock Helen returned to Frith Street , and found Mr. Undercliff behind a sort of counter , employed in tracing ; a workman was seated at some little distance from him ; both bent on their work . `` Mr. Undercliff ? '' said Helen . He rose and turned toward her politely -- a pale , fair man , with a keen gray eye and a pleasant voice and manner ; `` I am Edward Undercliff .