about nine
o'clock
And he said it was a chance in a thousand , as all the camps were so orderly now , not as in Bret Harte , or as it was in his young days . And he said both Octavia and I would make splendid miners ' wives not to be squeamish or silly over the `` carrion '' that was shot , and not to have trembling nerves today . We felt so pleased , and only that underneath I ca n't help being sad about Nelson , we should all have been very gay . It was about nine o'clock when we reached the car and Marcus Aurelius 's welcoming smiles , and an appetising supper . And now I am writing to you to post where we stop in the morning . We only stay one day in Osages and then go on our way to the tarpons at last , and the joys of Mexico . It has been all more than delightful , and I do hope the Americans like us as much as we like them ; from East to here we have received nothing but exquisite courtesy and kindness , and I can never tell you what a grand and open and splendid nation they are , Mamma , or how little understood in Europe .