ten o'clock
`` What do you call ` soon , ' my lass ? '' `` Before ten o'clock . My day 's work will be all over long before that , and I 'll try and get something nice for your supper . '' `` Very well , then , I 'll be back by ten o'clock to-night . There 's my hand upon it . '' He gave Margaret his hand , kissed her smooth cheeks , took his cane from a corner of the room , and then went out . His daughter watched him from the open window as he walked up the narrow lane , amongst the groups of children gathered every here and there upon the dusty pathway .