nearly ten
o'clock
`` We are crossing the southern portion of Pennsylvania . We are traveling nearly due west . I shall seek a more northerly current to-morrow morning if this wind does not become more favorable by that time . '' They finally tired of walking and sat conversing until nearly ten o'clock , when , by general consent , they retired , except Will , who remained up to keep a lookout , and to watch the barometer and thermometer . Relating how the Beautiful Picnic Progressed . Shortly before six o'clock all arose . The Doctor and his wife , at her earnest solicitation , ascended to the observatory to witness the sunrise .