ten o'clock
He is deeply chagrined . I feel for him , because he is my brother ; but in love and war , one must learn to face defeat . '' Then he asked after his dog , and all I had to tell him contented him very much . By that time it was ten o'clock . It was Gaston Cheverny 's custom , as well as mine , to walk a little out of doors every night before we slept , so we walked together on the bank of the river . The night was sultry and starless ; it looked as if there would be rain on the morrow . All was still and sleeping in the little town .