about ten o'clock
I -- I 'm rather late , ai n't I , Bessie ? '' `` About an hour . I ordered dinner at six , and it 's nearly seven now . '' The colonel started ; he had not dared to look at his watch , and he had supposed it must be about ten o'clock ; it seemed years since his search for the hotel had begun . But he said nothing ; he felt that in some mysterious and unmerited manner Heaven was having mercy upon him , and he accepted the grace in the sneaking way we all accept mercy . `` I knew you 'd stay longer than you expected , when you found it was Davis . '' `` How did you know it was Davis ? ''