ten o'clock in the morning
`` I came up from the ford . You were asleep , I think . '' Mr. Cross denied the imputation . `` Not at this hour , sir , never at this hour -- not at ten o'clock in the morning , sir ! Later , maybe , when I 've had my grog , I 'll take my forty winks -- '' `` It is not ten o'clock . It is nearly twelve , Mr. Cross . '' `` Well , well ! ''