ten o'clock
The possibility of arrest before I could get to Richmond was hideous , the night without end . I made my escape the next morning through the stable back of the house , and then , by devious dark and winding ways , to the office . There , after a conference with Blobs , whose features fairly jerked with excitement , I double-locked the door of my private office and finished off some imperative work . By ten o'clock I was free , and for the twentieth time I consulted my train schedule . At five minutes after ten , with McKnight not yet in sight , Blobs knocked at the door , the double rap we had agreed upon , and on being admitted slipped in and quietly closed the door behind him . His eyes were glistening with excitement , and a purple dab of typewriter ink gave him a peculiarly villainous and stealthy expression . `` They 're here , '' he said , `` two of 'em , and that crazy Stuart was n't on , and said you were somewhere in the building . ''