eight until ten
He gave up all hopes of recovering the knife , however , as he reached the spot where he believed he had lost it the afternoon previous . Where the Dobbins house had been anchored on the hillside the ground was torn up and disturbed as though a cyclone had passed over the place . At the bottom of the hill , jammed half way through the rickety old stable , was what was left of the dismantled house . Miss Brown made Frank stay in the house and study from eight until ten every morning . With all the exciting thoughts that were passing through his mind , Frank found it difficult to fix his attention on his books that morning . He was glad to get out of the house when ten o'clock came . His pet pigeons were his first care .