about ten o’clock
I believe this was a right instinct glad of a foolish reason . I am wiser now , and extend the hope to the rest of the horses , for I can not believe that the God who does nothing in vain ever creates in order to destroy . I made haste to learn my lessons for the Monday , although it was but after a fashion , my mind was so full of the adventure before me . As soon as prayers and supper were over -- that is , about ten o'clock -- I crept out of the house and away to the stable . It was a lovely night . A kind of grey peace filled earth and air and sky . It was not dark , although rather cloudy ; only a dim dusk , like a vapour of darkness , floated around everything .