about ten o'clock
The nuts came showering down ; the frost had already tweaked the Cornelian cherries . I crammed my knapsack full of both : I shall have a luxurious banquet to-day . I also found a large coral-coloured mushroom ; roasted in embers , it would make a tit-bit worthy of a gourmet . It was about ten o'clock when I got up to the Pagan Altar . When I went out upon the rocky ledge , a truly wondrous scene spread itself out before me ; it was quite certain that _ I _ should never be able to paint it . The whole kingdom was under the sea ! The autumn mist , like a snow-cloud , covered the whole landscape to the very horizon , from which towered vast snowy peaks and snowy cupolas ; in other places the misty mantle resembled frozen waves , out of which here and there rose round , blackish islands , the peaks of the higher mountains .