ten o'clock
When she could speak she said : `` Do you know , Adam , I think that would be the very best thing you could do . '' `` Why , of course ! '' said Adam . They drove swiftly and reached Walden before ten o'clock . There they inquired their way to the home of the Trustee , but Kate said nothing about giving up the school . She merely made a few inquiries , asked for the key of the schoolhouse , and about boarding places . She was directed to four among which she might choose .