about ten
o'clock
He was trembling to see the precipice over which the end of Bill 's story would hurl him . `` Well , as I said -- that it was clear you could not carry through your clue by yourself . So I was to come down and help you . That was about ten o'clock , and I caught the mid-day train -- I 've been here since two . Well , Brunger -- the detective chap , you know -- Marrapit was going to send him on here at once -- '' This was the precipice . George went hurtling over the edge with whirling brain : `` Brunger coming down here ? '' he cried .