Eleven o'clock
`` Well ? '' `` Always look out for a guy that smiles when he 's licked . He 's got a come-back to him . '' Eleven o'clock that night saw McGuire Ellis lift his head from the five-minute nap which he allowed himself on evenings of light pressure after the Washington copy was run off , and blink rapidly . At the same moment Mr. David Sterne gave utterance to an exclamation , partly of annoyance , partly of surprise . Mr. Harrington Surtaine , wearing an expression both businesslike and urbane stood in the doorway . `` Good-evening , gentlemen , '' he remarked .