nine o'clock in the morning
Go on , Charlotte . '' He kept on at this feckless work till late in the afternoon , and by that time he had filled both bags full with odd bits of stone . Joe said he had n't often had a harder darrack after sheep at clipping-time than he had after that old man , carrying his leather bags . But , however , they got back to our house , and mother gave the stranger some bread and milk ; and after he had taken it , and talked with father about sheep-farming and such like , he paid Joe his five shillings like a man , and told him he would give him another five shillings if he would bring his bags full of stones down to Skeàl-Hill by nine o'clock in the morning . `` Are you sleepy Sophy ? '' `` Oh , dear , no ! Go on . ''