eight o'clock
`` No , '' said Sam , slowly . `` It 's time you were abed too , Sam , '' said the lady . `` You 're out too late , as I was tellin ' the deacon to-night . Boys like you ought to be abed at eight o'clock instead of settin ' up half the night . '' `` I guess I 'll go to bed now , '' said Sam , taking a lamp from the table . `` You 'd better , and mind you get up early in the mornin ' . '' Sam did not answer , for he was busy thinking .