nine o'clock
I hardly expected to see you again , John , -- certainly not so soon as this ; certainly not in such circumstances . If ever a man was welcome to a house , you are welcome to this . And now , -- what do you mean to do with yourself ? ' ` By nine o'clock to-morrow morning you will probably find a pit opened on the lawn , and I shall be down to the middle , looking for gold . Ah , sir , I wish you could have known poor Mick Maggott . ' ` If he would have made holes in my lawn I am glad he did not come home with you . ' This was the first conversation , but both the father and son felt that there was a tone about it which had never before been heard between them .