ten o'clock
A delicate perception of wasted opportunity thrilled his auditors . But the Bar was destined to experience a greater disappointment . The two antagonists had not met since the quarrel , and it was vaguely rumored that , on the occasion of a second meeting , each had determined to kill the other `` on sight . '' There was , consequently , some excitement -- and , it is to be feared , no little gratification -- when , at ten o'clock , York stepped from the Magnolia Saloon into the one long straggling street of the camp , at the same moment that Scott left the blacksmith 's shop at the forks of the road . It was evident , at a glance , that a meeting could only be avoided by the actual retreat of one or the other . In an instant the doors and windows of the adjacent saloons were filled with faces . Heads unaccountably appeared above the river-banks and from behind bowlders .