ten o'clock
`` And if you were your uncle , lad , you would hae been in Edinburgh too by this time . Your uncle would not stay refused twenty-four hours , if he thought the lass loved him . Tut , tut , you ought to hae left at once ; that would hae been mair like a Callendar than ganging to your ain room to sit out a scorning . There is a train at ten o'clock to-night ; you hae time to catch it if ye dinna lose a minute , and if you come back wi ' Mrs. David Callendar , I 'll gie her a warm welcome for your sake . '' The old man 's face was aglow , and in his excitement he had risen to his feet with the very air of one whom no circumstances could depress or embarrass . David caught his mood and his suggestion , and in five minutes he was on his way to the railway dépôt . The thing was done so quickly that reflection had formed no part of it .