ten in the morning
`` That 's a good-sized trail-herd uh humans , '' Andy remarked , and the insurance agent laughed appreciatively . `` You wait till you see them milling around on the board walk , '' he advised impressively . `` If you happen to be looking for anybody , you 'll realize that there 's some people scattered around in your vicinity . I had a date with a girl , down here one Sunday during the season , and we hunted each other from ten in the morning till ten at night and never got sight of each other . '' Andy gave him a sidelong , suspicious glance , but friend Jack was evidently as innocent as he looked , and so Andy limped silently down the hill to the Casino and wondered if fate were going to cheat him at the last moment . Once in the crowd , it was as Jack had told him it would be . He could not regard the moving mass of humanity as individuals , though long living where men are few had fixed upon him the habit .