about ten o'clock
`` So that the Pornell fellows can see them , '' said Sam . `` I know they will enjoy the show , '' and then he closed one eye suggestively . The Pornell players had chaffed him on account of his size , and now that the victory was won , he did not mean to let them forget their defeat too quickly . At about ten o'clock Dick went to Captain Putnam and asked permission to leave the grounds for an hour or two . `` Where do you wish to go ? '' asked the captain . `` To Mrs. Stanhope 's , sir , '' and he related what Dora had told him , and of what news Larry Colby had brought .