nine at night
and those restless , hot eyes of hers seemed to grow more restless and more hot as they looked with infinite pity at the young woman before her . Annie thought of these words often as the summer came on , and the heat grew . Jim was seldom to be seen now . He was up at four each morning , and the last chore was not completed till nine at night . Then he threw himself in bed and lay there log-like till dawn . He was too weary to talk much , and Annie , with her heart aching for his fatigue , forbore to speak to him . She cooked the most strengthening things she could , and tried always to look fresh and pleasant when he came in .