ten o'clock
More than once his watch in more peaceful times had done him a similar service . The first thing necessary was to put as wide a distance as possible between himself and the place where he now was . Afterwards he could figure out how to regain his own lines . By ten o'clock at latest his attack on the guard would be discovered . He must be miles away before then , or his life would not be worth a cent . His impulse was to take the German 's gun , but he discarded the thought at once . His only salvation lay in hiding .