ten o'clock
I hai n't got nothin ' to pay for goin ' with , you see . '' `` I 'm very sorry , Miss Larrabee . Perhaps the letter will come in to-night 's mail , '' added the captain . `` But the mail do n't git in till nine or ten o'clock , and that 's after bedtime . Ethan writ me the money would be here by to-day , at the furthest . You do n't suppose it 's got lost -- do you ? '' `` I think not .