nine to ten
o'clock
Slowly the day wore away . By the aid of the spyglass they could see the sailors still on the deck of the wreck . Nobody appeared to go ashore . That night it fell to Sam 's lot to be on guard from nine to ten o'clock . The camp-fire was left burning brightly , and the youngest Rover sat near it on a log , a gun in his lap . `` No wild beast shall surprise me , '' he told himself , and kept his eyes on the jungle back of the house . His time for guard duty had almost come to an end when a noise down on the beach attracted his attention .