about ten o’clock
Dare hastily tore it open and glanced at the pages . ` I am going to Markton after breakfast ! ' he said suddenly , before looking up ; ` we will walk together if you like ? ' They walked together as planned , and entered Markton about ten o'clock . ` I have just to make a call here , ' said Dare , when they were opposite the barrack-entrance on the outskirts of the town , where wheel-tracks and a regular chain of hoof-marks left by the departed batteries were imprinted in the gravel between the open gates . ` I shall not be a moment . ' Havill stood still while his companion entered and asked the commissary in charge , or somebody representing him , when the new batteries would arrive to take the place of those which had gone away .