ten o'clock
He ran slowly at first to test the new tire . `` All O.K. , '' he announced presently , and then they went spinning along as before . But the `` edge '' had been taken off the ride , and they did not seem as free-hearted and full of fun as they had been before the mishap . It was after ten o'clock when the seminary was reached , and the girls found one of the under teachers waiting for them . `` Young ladies , you were told to be in at ten , '' said the teacher severely . `` It is now half after . '' `` We had an accident , '' answered Dora , and told what it was .