nine o'clock in the morning
I 'll forgive you even that after I get over the shock of seeing you look that way . '' `` The hour you set ? '' I again murmured a weak question . `` I thought of writing you to get ready by nine o'clock in the morning , but I knew I 'd have to stop in Hayesville for that bit of red tape , so I said five o'clock and had to hustle to make it . I knew you 'd be ready . Now you 'll have to travel , for we have five miles to go and it takes the pot two hours to simmer . Are you hungry ? ''