About ten o'clock
You were not cut out for a watchman . Or , perhaps , you were , according to the funny papers , but not of prisoners . '' During breakfast Carl was compelled to endure the jokes of the boys at his failure to guard the prisoner , which he did with a lugubrious countenance ; then , at a signal from Ted , the subject was dropped . About ten o'clock Billy Sudden rode up to the ranch house . There was something in his manner that betokened news of importance , and he strode unbidden into the living room , where Ted was sitting at his desk . `` Where 's the kid ? '' he asked abruptly .