about nine o'clock
`` They 'll be out on skates wid Carlo and his slid on Monday , '' he said . `` Now , Misther Kennedy , whiniver you 're ready , ye 'll find me to the fore in the kitchen . '' `` Mr. Kennedy must n't go until he gives us a story in his turn . Now the moon rises to-night , at about nine o'clock , and it will be much pleasanter and safer on the ice by moonlight . What say you , Pat ? '' `` Faith , I 'm agreeable , and I 'd a little rather , to tell the truth ; for there 's an ugly bit of road across the Pint there . '' `` Well , Kennedy will have time to eat supper , and then we 'll have his story , when it will be time for us to go to bed , and just right for him to start for town . ''