nearly eleven
o'clock
As if I 'd tell 'em ! '' We knew well enough that old John was not at all likely to do anything that would cut off the nice little revenue he was making out of our camp , and so we felt no concern on that score . But we were very anxious for further news , and we told old John to go to the house about ten o'clock and ask Pomona to send us another note . We waited , in a very disturbed condition of mind , until nearly eleven o'clock , when old John came with a verbal message from Pomona : `` She says she 's a-comin ' herself as soon as she can get a chance to slip off . '' This was not pleasant news . It filled our minds with a confused mass of probabilities , and it made us feel mean . How contemptible it seemed to be a party to this concealment and in league with a servant-girl who has to `` slip off ! ''