ten
o'clock
Evidently the boy had come in contact with some obstacle in his wild plunge from the shore to the skiff , only a few yards off . Jeff and Brian had both been learning to swim with Sandy this summer ; but Brian had made no progress , whereas Jeff could manage a few strokes . That was a very anxious night for the household at Loch Lossie . Even little Jessie was suffered to wander about the passages till after ten o'clock ; and there was no assembly for prayers in the dining-room as usual . A great shadow and fear seemed to hang over the house . Brian was taken away by his mother to his own room and put to bed . `` Take him out of my sight .