eleven o'clock
It had killed off a lot of fine young men , and herded toughs into places like Petersburg and stirred up all kinds of hate and bad feelin 's , and made people dishonest and tricky and careless and lazy -- and we 'd have to stand the consequences for years to come in politics and everything . And he said the way to avoid war was the same as a man would avoid fightin ' or killin ' another man -- you could do it mostly by usin ' your mind and bein ' a civilized being and not standin ' too much on your pride and all that . But if you could n't avoid it , then fight and fight hard . It was pretty near eleven o'clock and we came in sight of a white steeple and white houses , right amongst green trees -- and sure enough it was Bobtown . I was so excited I could hardly stand it . And I said : `` It 's a downright shame that Mitch ai n't here . He never saw Bobtown , and he 's there in Petersburg waitin ' for me , and here I am havin ' this wonderful trip . ''