eleven o'clock
But he could n't find him : he hunted all over the house , and out in the barn , and the door-yard , and the street ; and then he rousted up Mr. Gowdey 's folks , our nearest neighbors , to see if they could help find him . Wall , Miss Gowdey , when she wus a bringin ' in her clothes , -- it was Monday night , -- she had seen him out in the orchard under the sick-no-further tree . And there they found him , fast asleep -- where they s ` pose he had fell asleep unexpected to himself . It wus then almost eleven o'clock , and he was wet with dew : the dew was heavy that night . And when they rousted him up , he was so hoarse he could n't speak . And before mornin ' he was in a high fever . They sent for me and the doctor at daybreak .