about midnight
Tom saw that Joe was not to be convinced , and so he contented himself with saying , `` Well , we 'll see . '' `` Yes , dat 's jest it . We _ will _ see , and feel too , when we all gets drownded in de water . '' The water came to a stand about midnight , and was falling slowly the next morning . But when morning came it was raining hard , and the rain was evidently not a local but a general one , wherefore , Tom feared that the fall would shortly be changed into a rise , and that the bank would soon be covered . He watched his stake carefully , visiting it every half hour . At nine o'clock the river had fallen three inches , and was about eight inches below the bank .