about ten o’clock
`` Now , I say , Tom , be fair about this yer , '' he said , when , after a fruitless search , he came where Tom was standing . `` You know something about it , now . Do n't tell me , -- I know you do . I saw the gal stretched out here about ten o'clock , and ag ' in at twelve , and ag ' in between one and two ; and then at four she was gone , and you was a sleeping right there all the time . Now , you know something , -- you ca n't help it . '' `` Well , Mas ' r , '' said Tom , `` towards morning something brushed by me , and I kinder half woke ; and then I hearn a great splash , and then I clare woke up , and the gal was gone . That 's all I know on ' t. '' The trader was not shocked nor amazed ; because , as we said before , he was used to a great many things that you are not used to .