About ten o'clock
I must tell you that I hunted like a man the wolf and the wild boar . So it was quite natural that he should suggest this shooting expedition to me . But my husband , all of a sudden , had a curiously nervous look ; and all the evening he seemed agitated , rising up and sitting down feverishly . About ten o'clock , he suddenly said to me : `` Are you ready ? '' I rose ; and , as he was bringing me my gun himself , I asked : `` Are we to load with bullets or with deershot ? '' He showed some astonishment ; then he rejoined : `` Oh ! only with deershot ; make your mind easy !