about ten o'clock
`` I am demanding that you refuse all invitations to play in foursomes , and that after luncheon you and I make the round of Oak Cliff . '' `` That is so modest a request that I grant it , '' she said , and ten minutes later I had the satisfaction of hearing her decline Carter 's invitation to join in a foursome in which I was to take no part . This proves not only that all is fair in love , but that victory favours the one who strikes the first blow . It was about ten o'clock when we reached Oak Cliff , and found Mr. Wilson waiting for us . Harding was impatient to test his skill against Wilson , and the two were ready to play when the rest of us were still chatting with Mrs. Wilson and others of their party . `` We are entitled to a gallery , '' declared Harding . `` Come on , everybody , and watch me show Wilson how this game should be played . ''