ten o'clock
Time gie 'd on for some time wi ' them in this way . Davy continued sober and industrious , an ' the neebors began to hae hopes that he had gotten the better o ' his evil habit ; he had n'er been kenned to taste strong drink o ' ony kin ' sin ' the death o ' his wife . One evening after he an ' Geordie had ta'en their suppers , he made himsel ' ready to gang out , saying to Geordie that he was gaun ' doon to the village for a wee while , and that he was to bide i ' the house an ' he would ` na be lang awa ' . The hours wore awa ' till ten o'clock , an ' he had ` na cam ' hame . It was aye supposed that the boy , becoming uneasy at his father 's lang stay , had set out to look for him , when by some mishap , it will n'er be kenned what way , he lost his footin ' , an ' fell frae the end o ' the narrow brig which crossed the burn . The burn was ` na large , but a heavy rain had lately fa ` n , an ' there was aye a deep bit at one end o ' the brig. He had fa 'n head first into the water in sic a way that he could ` na possibly won ` oot . It was a clear moonlicht night , an ' when Davy reached the brig , the first thing he saw was his ain son lyin ' i ' the water .