about 10 p.m.
This only , of all the items in the menu , is mentioned , because where potatoes are good the experienced know that other things will never be amiss . We waited on ourselves , and placed the dirty dishes , plates , and forks upon the back step , where Parker replaced them in a few minutes , clean . `` Oh ! '' exclaimed the hostess-in-herself , about 10 p.m. , when we were smoking the beatific pipe , `` by the way -- Parker 's dinner ! '' In response to united shouts Parker appeared , and learned with apparent surprise that he had omitted to dine . He looked pale and worn , and told us that he had been blowing out the air-beds . At eleven o'clock we two men left the ladies and went out into the cold moonlight , where our tent looked remarkably picturesque .