About
four o'clock
`` I wonder if he was a slave , Emily ? '' said Ben . `` I think so , '' said I. `` We will question him to-morrow if we get a chance , '' and we did , for the day was stormy , and father did not go to the woods , but kept Matthias at work in the barn cleaning up , etc. . About four o'clock his work was finished , and we invited him to come in and sit awhile . `` Now , Ben , '' I said , and we seated ourselves for a conference . `` Mr. Jones , '' said I , `` you came from the South , did you ? '' '' ` Pears like I did , Miss , an ' it 's a mighty cool country yere ; I 'm nigh froze in de winter , I is sartin . ''