about ten o'clock
One of his heels is a trifle shorter than the other , which makes him halt a little , an ' he has a bunion as big as an egg on the other foot . '' `` Ay , Nanny , '' said Kate , `` that 's the truth ; but I can tell you more , gentlemen . On the evenin ' before , when Mr. Hycy came home , he made up the plan to rob his father wid Phil Hogan ; but Phil got drunk that night an ' Bat had to go in his place . Mr. Hycy promised to see the Hogans that mornin ' at his father 's , about ten o'clock ; but when they went he had gone off to Ballymacan ; an ' as they expected him every minute , they stayed about the place in spite o ' the family , an ' mended everything they could lay their hands on . Bat an ' Mr. Hycy met that night in Teddy Phat 's still-house , in Glendearg , an ' went home together across the mountains aftherward . '' `` Well , Mr. Burke , what have you to say to this ? '' asked Chevydale .