ten o'clock
And here I be tied to the house waitin ' on Rose , and never dreamin ' all that 's goin ' on . You might have come over and told me before , Betsey . I 'd have done the same by you . '' `` Seein ' as how it all happened yesterday , and I only found it out last evening after prayer meeting ' , and it ai n't ten o'clock in the forenoon yet , I calkerlate I ai n't done anything so very monstrous , '' said that individual , in an injured tone . However , the sight of a steaming cup of tea that filled the air with its appetizing fragrance , soon mollified her , and after dispatching one cup at boiling point , she paused to take breath before partaking of a second . `` You see this is all there is of it : The elegantest man you ever saw drove up all of a sudden to the tavern and wanted to know where Miss Graystone was boarding . You 'd better believe they asked him a few questions , but he waved them all off , polite-like , but in a way that convinced every one that he knew his own particular business better than anybody else knew it for him ; and dashed off in the direction of Widder Hardyng 's .