quarter past eight
Now take another squint at Hazel an ' Hattie . They 're regular farm furniture , good to breed from when we get to that valley of the moon . An ' they 're heavy enough to turn right into the plowin ' , too . '' The evening of the fight at quarter past eight , Saxon parted from Billy . At quarter past nine , with hot water , ice , and everything ready in anticipation , she heard the gate click and Billy 's step come up the porch . She had agreed to the fight much against her better judgment , and had regretted her consent every minute of the hour she had just waited ; so that , as she opened the front door , she was expectant of any sort of a terrible husband-wreck . But the Billy she saw was precisely the Billy she had parted from .