nearly ten
o'clock
`` No , you ca n't do that , '' declared Mr. Blackford . `` You 're in no condition to travel . You might fall off an ' git hurt . It 's nearly ten o'clock now . You jest stay here all night , an ' in the mornin ' , if you feel all right , you can start off . I could n't let you go to-night . '' Indeed , Tom did not feel very much like undertaking the journey , for the blow on his head had made him dazed , and the chloroform caused a sick feeling .