nearly eight o'clock
All four joined in the chorus , and at the close the room rang with laughter . Quincy then struck up another popular air , `` Pop Goes the Weasel , '' and this was sung by the four with great gusto . Then he looked over the music on the top of the piano , which was a Bourne & Leavitt square , and found a copy of the cantata entitled , `` The Haymakers , '' and for half an hour the solos and choruses rang through the house and out upon the evening air . Mrs. Mason looked in the door and said , `` I would n't sing any more now , it is nearly eight o'clock . '' And thus admonished they began talking of Tilly James 's engagement to Sam Hill and the sale of the grocery store , which was to come off the next day . `` I wonder who will buy it ? '' asked Huldy .