ten o’clock
He wrote in the sand with it . '' `` What did he write ? '' `` Ten o'clock . '' `` He wrote ` ten o'clock ' in the sand , and the waves came and washed it away ? '' `` Yes . '' `` Horace , '' said my wife , leaning forward , `` why not ask her about that stock of mine ? If it is going down , I ought to sell , ought n't I ? ''