about a quarter past ten
`` His stories do n't seem to hang together , '' thought Chester . After supper the tramp , who said his name was Robert Ramsay , took out his pipe and began to smoke . If it had not been a cold evening , Mrs. Rand , who disliked tobacco , would have asked him to smoke out of doors , but as it was she tolerated it . Both Chester and his mother feared that their unwelcome visitor would ask to stay all night , and they would not have felt safe with him in the house , but about a quarter past ten he got up and said he must be moving . `` Good-night , and good luck to you ! '' said Chester . `` Same to you ! ''