about ten o'clock
`` I think I should have to recognize bad luck coming if I had to ride him instead of Jim , '' remarked Tommy quaintly . She turned and ran in to her neglected apricots . New Year 's day broke clear and hot , like all the week before it . Norah , arriving at the Creek about ten o'clock , looked a little anxiously at her friend . `` We 're used to riding in the heat , Tommy , dear , '' she said . `` But you 're not -- are you sure you feel up to it ? '' `` Why , I 'm going to love it , '' Tommy said .