nearly ten o'clock
`` You 'd better listen to me , an ' do that , Johnny . I 've got something in my shoulder that tells me you 'd better ! '' In the face of the old hunter 's misgiving , Aldous prepared to leave . It was nearly ten o'clock when he set back in the direction of Tête Jaune , Donald accompanying him as far as the moonlit amphitheatre in the forest . There they separated , and Aldous went on alone . He believed that Joanne and the Blacktons would half expect him to return to the bungalow after he had seen MacDonald . He was sure that Blackton , at least , would look for him until quite late .