ten o'clock
`` I 'd rather it would be you than me , for that matter . I shall expect you to go out to the woods with me in the forenoon . '' `` All right ! '' `` Well , '' thought Fred , as he slipped into bed at ten o'clock , `` I 've made a beginning . I have formed the acquaintance of both parties to the robbery . The next step will be more difficult . '' Fred did not rise till eight o'clock the next morning .