ten o'clock
Little by little weariness numbed his apprehensions . Two o'clock clanged and echoed from distant steeples . He threw off his clothes and crawled into bed . It was ten o'clock on Sunday morning when he awoke . A broad swath of sunlight cut the room in half : the white muslin curtain at the window rippled outward like a flag . Aubrey exclaimed when he saw his watch . He had a sudden feeling of having been false to his trust .