ten o'clock
He started the car and let Tom ride in it . But he had no word of advice to give about the absent girls . Perhaps , like his wife , he believed that Tom was not honest , that the car was stolen , and that Tom 's companions were mythical ! They rolled into Severn Corners at ten o'clock . Of course , in a hamlet of that kind , there was scarcely a light burning . Tom had learned from Blodgett that the local blacksmith sometimes `` monkeyed with ortermobiles that come erlong busted . '' So he had the farmer draw the car to the door of the blacksmith shop .