ten o'clock before
So now I guessed that long ago I had chosen the broad road , and now was but walking farther down it in seeking after this evil treasure , and still I could not bear to give all up , and persuaded myself that it was a child 's folly to madly fling away so fine a stone . So instead of listening to good advice from one so much older than me , I set to work to talk him over , and persuaded him that if we got the diamond again , and ever could sell it , we would give the money to build up the Mohune almshouses , knowing well in my heart that I never meant to do any such thing . Thus at the last Elzevir , who was the stubbornest of men , and never yielded , was overborne by his great love to me , and yielded here . It was ten o'clock before we set out together , to go again to Aldobrand 's , meaning to climb the garden wall and get the stone . I walked quickly enough , and talked all the time to silence my own misgivings , but Elzevir hung back a little and said nothing , for it was sorely against his judgement that he came at all . But as we neared the place I ceased my chatter , and so we went on in silence , each busy with his own thoughts , We did not come in front of Aldobrand 's house , but turned out of the main street down a side lane which we guessed would skirt the garden wall . There were few people moving even in the streets , and in this little lane there was not a soul to meet as we crept along in the shadow of the high walls .