ten o'clock
When that bird was done I ate it , and everything else I could find . I had the appetite of an ostrich , and when I was through there was n't enough left for a hungry cat . I even considered taking the family cat in to the feast , -- they had one , of course , and it always looked hungry , too ; but I had a sort of pride in my achievement and I wanted to leave the remains as evidence . `` It was ten o'clock by this time and no one had shown up . I was positively sorry . I 'd hoped the old farmer would return and find me . I had a few last words to say to him , some that had been lying heavy on my mind for a long time .