nine o'clock
Of course Bob and I did not know what was going on , but we were confident that the affairs of the Institute were under discussion . At a later hour , Mr. Hale and another gentleman drove off , in a buggy , towards the cottage of my uncle , where I heard one of them say they were going . Bob and I went to bed , tired out , and did not ascertain what had been done by the gentlemen who assembled that evening . At nine o'clock in the forenoon of the next day , the students were all in their seats , in the school-room ; but Mr. Parasyte did not appear . It was reported that there were half a dozen gentlemen with him in his office , and that my uncle Amos was one of them . I was astonished at this intelligence . I subsequently heard that he was there on business , and hardly spoke a word during a long and stormy interview between Mr. Parasyte and his visitors .