about ten o'clock
`` When did he tell you , and where ? '' was the demand . `` He was at Denver the last I saw of him . '' `` He ran out to the Springs on No. 5 ; passed you at Monument , probably ; spoke to me at the round-house about ten o'clock . '' And having thus summarily settled the matter , Big Ben clambered sulkily once more into the cab . The conductor made a grimace expressive of much disgust . Presently he turned , left his lantern by the side of the engine , and then came angering on to the switch .