ten o'clock
He had had one stormy interview with John Minute , and had planned another . Constable Wiseman , patrolling the London Road , his mind filled with the great news , was suddenly confronted with the object of his thoughts . The sergeant rode up to where the constable was standing in a professional attitude at the corner of two roads , and jumped off with the manner of a man who has an object in view . `` Wiseman , '' he said -- and his voice was such as to suggest that he had been drinking again -- `` where will you be at ten o'clock to-night ? '' Constable Wiseman raised his eyes in thought . `` At ten o'clock , Sergeant , I shall be opposite the gates of the cemetery . '' The sergeant looked round left and right .