nearly ten o'clock before
`` I wish we could have had one of the deer stuffed for the museum . '' `` Too late now . But maybe we 'll get another , '' answered Phil . All of the boys were tired , yet it was nearly ten o'clock before any of them felt like turning in . As the night wore on the place seemed to become more lonely . `` Might as well go to bed , '' said Dave , at last . `` We need a good rest . ''