ten o'clock
`` Do I ? '' She did . They had caught him in the high act of creation . He 'd been at it since ten o'clock ; sitting there , with the blood , he said , beating so furiously in his brain that if he 'd gone on like that he 'd have destroyed himself . His head was burning now . `` We 'll drag you , Nicky , to the top of Wendover Hill , and air you thoroughly . You reek , '' said Tanqueray .