nine o'clock
`` That 's the boy who -- but never mind ! I 'll do it . '' Once convinced that in this way he could get revenge on the boy who had humiliated and got the best of him , the tramp was only too willing to help Conrad in his scheme . When Conrad went home at nine o'clock , after supplying the tramp with combustibles , he said to himself : `` There wo n't be much left of Andy 's boat in the morning . '' Conrad went to bed with the comfortable conviction that before morning Andy 's beautiful boat would be ruined . I am sorry to say that the meanness of the act which he had instigated did not strike him . Whatever feeling he had was of exultation at the injury done to his enemy , as he persisted in regarding Andy .