nine o'clock
For the stranger sat with his head bowed on the table , and he trembled like a child . Next morning at eight o'clock , Mrs. Wadleigh was standing at the door , in the sparkling light , giving her last motherly injunction to the departing guest . `` You know where the depot is ? An ' it 's the nine o'clock train you 've got to take . An ' you remember what I said about hayin ' time . If you do n't have no work by the middle o ' May , you drop me a line , an ' perhaps I can take you an ' your wife , too ; Lucy 's childern al ` ays make a sight o ' work . You keep that bill safe , an ' -- Here , wait a minute !