about ten o'clock
He looked dolefully toward the river , as though disliking very much to give up when the acme of the sport had just been reached . `` I hope you 'll take his mate another day , Toby , '' Jack told him , hopefully . `` Do n't forget the old saying that ` there 's just as good fish in the sea as ever were caught , ' and it applies to the Paradise River in the bargain . And now I 'll wash up , so I can get busy with my photographic work , as it 's about ten o'clock , and the sun as strong as I 'd want . '' He seemed to have made up his mind just what pictures appealed most to him , judging from the business-like way he went about his work . Toby stood by ready to assist in any way possible , though he did not happen to be as greatly interested in photography as his comrade . So after about half an hour Jack had accomplished his task .