ten o'clock
cheerily exclaimed Phillips , a keen , hawk-eyed , self-possessed looking man , with a round , compact , and sinewy frame . `` What luck to-day , young man ? '' `` None whatever , '' replied Claud , with an air of disappointment . `` I suppose so , unless you began before ten o'clock . '' `` But why did you suppose so ? '' `` O , I knew it from my knowledge of human nature , '' said the hunter , humorously . `` Trout are very much like other folks , only a great deal more sensitive to heat .