about ten o'clock
`` Baby is nearly three months old , and I promised Aunt Susan that I 'd take him to see her the first place I took him . We owe it to her , and I 'm not going to neglect her any more . We can leave a dinner of cold chicken and pies for the men , and I 'll get a hot supper for them when I come home . I 'd like to start about ten o'clock . '' It sounded so much as if it were all settled that the girl felt that it really was . `` That leaves mother here alone all day , and I 'm not going to do it , '' John returned with equal assurance . `` Mother can go with us .