about ten o'clock
It was , and with him Mr Rimbolt and Scarfe . When darkness came , and no signs of the pedestrians , the usual uneasiness had prevailed at Wildtree , increased considerably by Walker 's and Raby 's report as to the mountaineering garb in which the missing ones had started . The terrible tempest which had attacked the face of Wild Pike had swept over Wildtree too , and added a hundredfold to the alarm which , as hour passed hour , their absence caused . Scarfe , arriving at home about ten o'clock , found the whole family in a state of panic . Mr Rimbolt had been out on the lower slopes of the mountain , and reported that a storm raged there before which nothing could stand . The only hope was that they had been descending the back of the mountain , and taken refuge somewhere in the valley for the night . The carriage was ordered out , and Mr Rimbolt and Scarfe started on what seemed a forlorn hope .