ten o'clock
How interesting life is . '' `` Yes , '' replied poppa . `` And now I guess I 'd better show you your cabins before it gets any more interesting . '' We had a calm evening , though nothing would induce momma to think so , and at ten o'clock Senator J.P. Wick and I were still pacing the deck talking business . The moon rose , and threw Arthur 's shadow across our conversation , but we looked at it with precision and it moved away . That is one of poppa 's most comforting characteristics , he would as soon open his bosom to a shot-gun as to a confidence . He asked for details through the telephone merely for bravado .