ten o'clock
`` You are the coolest young fellow , Tom , that I ever saw . That man must have been a highwayman . And it is of some of those gentry that I drove over to Shopton this evening to talk to you about . '' Much to Think About Although it was now nearing ten o'clock on this eventful evening , Tom knew that he would find Ned Newton at home . When Mr. Damon 's car stopped before the house there was a light in Ned 's room and the front door opened almost as soon as Tom rang . Mr. Damon left the car and entered with the young inventor at his invitation . `` What 's up ? ''