about ten o'clock
The keeper of the livery stable was surprised . `` Why , yes , '' he said , `` Mr. Phillips was here a spell ago . He said he was cal ` latin ' to go to Trumet to-day on a business cruise , and he hired Josiah and the bay horse and buggy to get him over there . They left about ten o'clock , I should say 't was . I had a mind to ask him why he did n't take the train , but then I thought ` twould be poor business for a fellow that let teams , so I kept still . Hey ? Ho , ho ! ''