about ten o'clock
They experienced no trouble for a time , though on nearing their cabin one night the younger man fancied that he saw a shadow glide away from its vicinity and out into the blackness of the tundra , as though some one had stood at his very door waiting for him , then became frightened at the two figures approaching . Dextry had not observed it , however , and Glenister was not positive himself , but it served to give him the uncanny feeling that some determined , unscrupulous force was bent on his destruction . He determined to go nowhere unarmed . A few evenings later he went home early and was busied in writing when Dextry came in about ten o'clock . The old miner hung up his coat before speaking , lit a cigarette , inhaled deeply , then , amid mouthfuls of smoke , began : `` I had my own toes over the edge to-night . I was mistook for you , which compliment I do n't aim to have repeated . '' Glenister questioned him eagerly .