ten o'clock
`` I guess , '' he said , `` if you do n't get to be a Squire yourself some day ` twont be for want of asking questions . '' By this time the oxen were ready to be backed down the cellar , and Bertie was obliged to wait until another time to find out what terraces were . He waited till Jim came up and tipped his load of gravel upon the heap , and then he said , -- `` I must go and find papa . I 'm afraid it 's almost ten o'clock . '' `` I can tell you what time it is , '' said Jim , looking up at the sun . `` How can you tell that way ? '' the boy asked , wondering .