eight o'clock
It was always a good sign when she rocked . `` Where be the little girls so late ? '' asked their father . '' ' T is gettin ' long past eight o'clock . I do n't know when we 've all set up so late , but it 's so kind o ' summer-like an ' pleasant . Why , where be they gone ? '' `` I 've told ye ; only over to Becker 's folks , '' answered the mother .