ten minutes after ten o'clock
Lady Tennys steadied her swaying figure against the doorpost and looked out upon the preparations for departure . The light in her eyes had died . Ridgeway looked at his watch as he drew up to the torch bearers . It was then ten minutes after ten o'clock . In all probability the entire force of the enemy had landed upon the coast and was already on its way toward the village . He realized that these savages , friend and foe , knew nothing of the finer stratagems of warfare . Their style of fighting was of the cruel kind that knows no science , no quarter .