about
ten o'clock
Sweet , intoxicatingly sweet , the cup which he had been drinking , but he felt that he must put it away from his own , and also from Maggie 's lips . It would be fatal to the welfare of both . Thinking such thoughts , he finally went back to the cottage . It was about ten o'clock ; Maggie 's house work was all `` redd up ; '' and she was standing at her wheel spinning , when Allan 's shadow fell across the sanded floor , and she turned to see him standing watching her . `` You are hame soon , sir . Is a ' well wi ' you ? '' `` No , Maggie , all is not well .