about ten o'clock
`` Ptomaine poisoning ! '' The name had an ugly sound , and Condy 's use of the term inferred the doctor 's visit . Blix decided that she would put off her walk until the afternoon , and call on Mrs. Rivers at once , and ask how Condy did . She got away from the flat about ten o'clock , but on the steps outside met Condy dressed as if for bicycling , and smoking a cigarette . `` I 've got eleven dollars ! '' he announced cheerily . `` But I thought it was ptomaine poisoning ! ''