ten o'clock
`` All pale-face in hurry ! Ask ten , one , four question , altogeder . Well ; answer him so . Down here , at mill ; down dere , at mill ; half an hour , six , two , ten o'clock . '' `` I understand you to say that major Willoughby was at the mill when you saw him last , and that this was only half an hour since ? '' The Tuscarora nodded his head in assent , but made no other reply . Even as he did this , his keen eyes rolled over the pallid faces of the females in a way to awaken the captain 's distrust , and he resumed his questions in a tone that partook more of the military severity of his ancient habits than of the gentler manner he had been accustomed to use of late years .