ten o'clock
The old Squire was greatly disturbed . `` Ruth , '' he said to grandmother , `` are you sure you have not put it somewhere else ? '' Grandmother declared that she had not . None the less , they searched in all the previous hiding places of the book and continued looking for it until after ten o'clock that night . We were in a very uncomfortable position . Long after we had gone to bed Addison and I lay awake , talking of it in low tones ; we tried to recollect everything that had gone on at home since the book was last seen . I dropped asleep at last , and probably slept for two hours or more , when Addison shook me gently .