ten o'clock
These were easily found . Having started a fire and set the table for two , she got the coffee under way . Crackers , boiled eggs , sardines , marmalade , cold ham , and apples were to appear at this repast . But at ten o'clock Mr. Boyd had not appeared . At half-past ten she realized the folly of waiting indefinitely for a man who preferred his bed to his breakfast , and she sat down alone . In the midst of her meal , however , she heard Solomon scratching at the door . No sooner had he entered -- dripping with rain -- than he began the same pantomime of entreaty as that of yesterday when he tried to get somebody to follow him .