ten o’clock
`` I shall go to bed during the day , and get through it in a fortnight . '' `` Perfectly . '' `` Be at the Grand Hotel to-night at ten o'clock precisely . '' `` At ten o'clock I will be there . Monsieur will pay a little in advance ? '' `` Here are twenty pounds , '' cried Mr. Greyne recklessly . The audacious-looking young man took the notes with decision , made a graceful salute , and disappeared in the direction of the quay , while Mr. Greyne walked to his hotel , flushed with excitement , and feeling like the most desperate criminal in Africa .