ten o'clock
Let us suppose that you had come an hour later . You would have been forced to wait until after the encounter , and , did I fall , matters would be no different . '' The young man fell to thinking , but I , knowing that it is not well to let the young ponder overlong if you would bend them to your wishes , broke in upon his reflections -- `` See , Montrésor , yonder are the lights of Blois ; by eight o'clock we shall be in the town . Come ; grant me leave to cross the Loire , and by ten o'clock , or half-past at the latest , I shall return to sup with you or I shall be dead . I swear it . '' `` Were I in your position , '' he answered musingly , `` I know how I would be treated , and , pardieu ! come what may I shall deal with you accordingly .