ten o'clock
The seconds of Pino Vega nodded vigorously . `` Then , '' continued Roddy , `` as there was no offensive remark , there could have been no blow , and there can be no duel . '' Roddy 's summing up delighted the Venezuelans , and declaring that the honor of all was satisfied , they bowed themselves away . Next morning at daybreak the fortress of San Carlos rose upon the horizon , and by ten o'clock Roddy was again at work , threatening a gang of Jamaica coolies . But no longer he swore at them with his former wholeheartedness . His mind was occupied with other things . Now , between him and his work , came thoughts of the tunnel that for half a century had lain hidden from the sight of man ; and of Inez , elusive , beautiful , distracting , now galloping recklessly toward him down a sunlit road , now a motionless statue standing on a white cliff , with the waves of the Caribbean bending and bowing before her .