nine o'clock in the morning
`` Anything else , Hiram ? '' `` Well , not much more , '' replied Hiram ; `` but Strout said that if you got Lindy and her money and then cajoled the old couple into leavin ' their money to you , that it would be the best game of bunco that had ever been played in Eastborough . '' `` Well , Strout ought to know what a good bunco game is , '' said Quincy . `` Have the horse ready by nine o'clock in the morning if you can get over . Good night , Hiram , '' he said . He passed through the kitchen , saying good night to Mandy , and went straight to his own room . He sat and thought for an hour , going over the events of the day .