about ten
o'clock
Andy agreed with him in the opinion that Moye , in his weak state of health , would not take an overland route to the free states , but would endeavor to reach some town on the Mississippi , where he might dispose of the horse , and secure a passage up the river . As no time was to be lost , we decided to return to the plantation on the following morning . Accordingly , with the first streak of day we bade `` good-bye '' to our Union friend , and started homeward . No incident worthy of mention occurred on the way , till about ten o'clock , when we arrived at the house of the Yankee schoolmistress , where we had been so hospitably entertained two days before . The lady received us with great cordiality , forced upon us a lunch to serve our hunger on the road , and when we parted , enjoined on me to leave the South at the earliest possible moment . She was satisfied it would not for a much longer time be safe quarters for a man professing Union sentiments . Notwithstanding the strong manifestations of loyalty I had observed among the people , I was convinced the advice of my pretty `` countrywoman '' was judicious , and I determined to be governed by it .