ten o’clock
It ca n't be helped now . I shall have something to propose to you and Mr. Bruff , sir , when the time comes . Let 's wait , first , and see if the boy has anything to tell us that is worth hearing . '' It was close on ten o'clock , and the boy had not made his appearance . Sergeant Cuff talked of other matters . He asked after his old friend Betteredge , and his old enemy the gardener . In a minute more , he would no doubt have got from this , to the subject of his favourite roses , if my servant had not interrupted us by announcing that the boy was below .