nine o'clock in the evening
No more uncertainty -- no more horrible possibilities : he had his father once more ! And the dream of Lasse 's life was about to be fulfilled : he could now put his feet under his own table . He had become a landowner into the bargain , if one did n't use the term too precisely ; and Pelle himself -- why , he was a landowner 's son ! By nine o'clock in the evening he had finished everything , and was able to get off ; his blood was pulsing with excitement ... . Would there be horses ? Why , of course ; but would there be laborers , too ? Had Father Lasse become one of those farmers who pay wages on a quarter-day , and come into town on a Sunday afternoon , their fur-lined collars up to their ears ?