nine o'clock
`` Excuse me , then , God , '' he remarked airily . Rilla scanned the sky also ; she did not like its appearance ; a heavy thundercloud was appearing in the northwest . What in the world was to be done ? There was no other train that night , since the nine o'clock special ran only on Saturdays . Would it be possible for them to reach Hannah Brewster 's house , two miles away , before the storm broke ? Rilla thought she could do it alone easily enough , but with Jims it was another matter . Were his little legs good for it ?