ten o'clock
That was his way of letting the farmers for miles around know that a fresh supply of goods had arrived and they were to hurry in and do the necessary trading at the store . He almost blew himself and his store to Hallelujah a year or two ago , and so he is n't quite so enterprising as he was . I am on my way to town , Mr. Gwynne , so if you do not mind , I shall give myself the pleasure of riding along with you for a short distance . I shall have to leave you soon , however , as I am due in the town by ten o'clock . You are too heavily laden , I see , to travel at top speed , -- and that is the way I am obliged to ride , curse the luck . When I have set you straight at the branch of the roads a little way ahead , I shall use the spurs , -- and see you later on . '' `` You are very kind .