ten o'clock
John Trafton gave his order and sat down again in the barroom . He felt so comfortable that he easily persuaded himself that there was no hurry about collecting the money in his nephew 's hands . Robert was at home by this time and would have no way of spending the balance of his cash . `` It 's all right , '' said the fisherman ; `` I 'll wait till ten o'clock and then I 'll go home . '' Meanwhile Robert went out on the cliff and looked about him . He looked down upon the waves as they rolled in on the beach and he enjoyed the sight , familiar as it was , for he had a love of the grand and beautiful in nature . `` I think if I were a rich man , '' thought the poor fisherman 's boy , `` I would like to build a fine house on the cliff , with an observatory right here , where I could always see the ocean .