about ten
o'clock
He liked his dinner particularly , and his dinners were always good dinners . He went to market himself . On his way to his store he passed through the market , and his butcher sent home what he purchased . `` The marketing has come home , '' said the cook to Mrs. Bain , about ten o'clock , arousing her from a brief slumber into which she had fallen -- a slumber that exhausted nature demanded , and which would have done far more than medicine for the restoration of something like a healthy tone to her system . `` Very well . I will come down in a little while , '' returned Mrs. Bain , raising herself on her elbow , and see about dinner . `` What has Mr. Bain sent home ? ''