eleven
o'clock
The Colonel himself had been pressed into the service . He had pounded something in the great mortar . He had agitated a quantity of sweetened and thickened milk in what was called a cream-freezer . At eleven o'clock , A. M. , he retired for a space . On returning , his color was noted to be somewhat heightened , and he showed a disposition to be jocular with the female help , -- which tendency , displaying itself in livelier demonstrations than were approved at head-quarters , led to his being detailed to out-of-door duties , such as raking gravel , arranging places for horses to be hitched to , and assisting in the construction of an arch of wintergreen at the porch of the mansion . A whiff from Mr. Geordie 's cigar refreshed the toiling females from time to time ; for the windows had to be opened occasionally , while all these operations were going on , and the youth amused himself with inspecting the interior , encouraging the operatives now and then in the phrases commonly employed by genteel young men , -- for he had perused an odd volume of `` Verdant Green , '' and was acquainted with a Sophomore from one of the fresh-water colleges . `` Go it on the feed ! ''