ten o'clock
He rejoined Snowdon at a little distance , and expressed his intention of going at once to Clerkenwell Close . ` Let me see you again to-day , ' said the old man sadly . Sidney promised , and they took leave of each other . It was now nearing ten o'clock . In the Close an organ was giving delight to a great crowd of children , some of them wearing holiday garb , but most clad in the native rags which served them for all seasons and all days . The volume of clanging melody fell with torture upon Kirkwood 's ear , and when he saw that the instrument was immediately before Mrs. Peckover 's house , he stood aside in gloomy impatience , waiting till it should move away . This happened in a few minutes .