eleven o'clock
The queer ways of the Congdons had not been referred to between them until the third evening , when they took counsel of their tobacco apart from the other men , sprawling on the grass in a friendly intimacy that Archie found flattering . A plain , hard-fisted farmer liked him and showed a preference for his society ; the thing was unbelievable . `` I get it through the kitchen that the old man 's son 's goin ' to clear out tonight . Orders was sent to have a machine ready to take him to town at eleven o'clock . Guess there was nothing the matter with him nohow -- y ' know what these rich young fellas are , and they say the old man 's worth a mint . The idea of a big grown man havin ' a nurse take care of him makes me sick . I ai n't seen that fella since he came .