twelve o'clock
Pop says he 's goin ' to ast your pop and the rest of the Board if they had n't ought to ast this here Harvard gradyate to take a couple dollars less , seein ' he ai n't no Millersville Normal . '' They had by this time reached the farm , and Tillie , not very warmly , asked Absalom whether he would `` come in and sit awhile . '' She almost sighed audibly as he eagerly consented . When he had left at twelve o'clock that night , she softly climbed the stairs to her room , careful not to disturb the sleeping household . Tillie wondered why it was that every girl of her acquaintance exulted in being asked to keep company with a gentleman friend . She had found `` sitting up '' a more fatiguing task than even the dreaded Monday 's washing which would confront her on the morrow . `` Seein ' it 's the first time me and you set up together , I mebbe better not stay just so late , '' Absalom had explained when , after three hours ' courting , he had reluctantly risen to take his leave , under the firm conviction , as Tillie plainly saw , that she felt as sorry to have him go as evidently he was to part from her !