ten o'clock
It 's been on my mind for some time . '' Amanda got out her best black dress from the closet , and sat down to alter the shoulder seams . `` I do n't care nothin ' about this muslin sacque , '' said she , `` but I ai n't goin ' to have Mis ' Babcock measurin ' my shoulder seams every single minute if I do go , an ' they may be real dressy down where Mis ' Field is . '' Amanda sewed until ten o'clock ; then she went to bed , but she slept little . She was up early the next morning . Adoniram Babcock came over about eight o'clock ; the windows and blinds were all flung wide open , the braided rugs lay out in the yard . He put his gentle grizzled face in at one of the windows .