about nine o'clock
Climbing into the moving wagon , he put one hand affectionately on his father 's shoulder . `` Do n't you know whose birthday this is ? '' he inquired with serious countenance , `` and you 've not spoken to me all day . '' `` I know my boy is nineteen today and expects to have a birthday party here tonight , and that I left him asleep when I started to town this forenoon about nine o'clock . '' `` Nine cats ! You left at six sharp to go with John Jacobs over to Wolf Creek after what you never got , judging from this empty wagon . And I had half of the feeding done when you left the house here .