ten o'clock
`` It will be getting light in another hour , '' he said to himself . `` It 's awfully cold , too ; but I am better off , here , than I should be in the field . I hope she will be here soon ; I want to know if she has any news . Well , there is only an hour to lay awake , '' and , almost as he murmured the words , Ralph dropped off again , and slept until ten o'clock . This time , he woke with the slight creaking which the trap door made . `` How are you today , Monsieur le Capitaine ? '' his hostess said .