ten o'clock
`` And look you , '' he wound up , `` this shall be the end . At daybreak to-morrow the gate of the fort will be opened . Take the canoe and make what speed you can . I will give you until ten o'clock , but at that hour I promise you to tell my tale to the Commandant , and to tell him all . '' `` If my brother is resolved , '' said Menehwehna composedly , `` let him waste no words . What is settled is settled , and to be angry will do his head no good . '' He composed himself to sleep on the floor at the foot of John 's bed , pulling his rug up to his ears .