ten o'clock
Otherwise there seemed to be no very great reason why Kent should not get on his feet . He smiled apologetically . `` Seems queer to say that , when a little while ago I was telling you it was time to die , '' he said . That night , after ten o'clock , Kent went through his setting-up exercises four times . He marveled even more than the preceding night at the swiftness with which his strength was returning . Half a dozen times the little devils of eagerness working in his blood prompted him to take to the window at once . For three days and nights thereafter he kept his secret and added to his strength .