ten o'clock
The wind was becoming brisker , too , and there was more than the usual amount of moisture in the air . `` Pshaw ! That 's a shame , '' muttered Dick . `` I wish we might arrange it with the weather clerk to have it rain at night , after ten o'clock , and have dry ground in the day time , '' sighed Dave Darrin . Yet none of the boys spoke the thought that was uppermost in more than one mind -- the wish that they might go over to the Bentley camp to spend the time that it rained in the society of the girls . It was Reade , who was perhaps less attracted by girls ' society than the others who finally suggested : `` We ought to send someone over to the other camp to see if they are all fixed to stand the coming rain . '' `` Good idea ! ''