ten o'clock
`` I 'm ashamed of it now , '' said Abner to Ruth , `` though I did n't tell anybody but you . I wish you 'd mix a pitcher of sweetened water , and let me take it out to the field to old Daniel . I feel as if I wanted to make it up to him some way . '' Ruth laughed ; and when Abner came into the house at ten o'clock , she had a pitcher of molasses and water ready for him , also a plate of cherry turnovers . Flyaway insisted upon toddling over the ground with one of the turnovers in her apron . `` Man , '' said she , when they reached the field , and she saw the Irishman with his funny red and white hair , `` what 's your name , man ? '' He wiped his face with his checked shirt-sleeve , and took a turnover from her hand , bowing very low as he did so .