nine o'clock
`` Do n't you know it 's three days since he went off to get that wood an ' never come back ? '' Jerome nodded . `` Do you s ` pose I 'm goin ' to let it pass an ' die away , an ' folks forget him , an ' not have any funeral or anything ? I made up my mind I 'd wait until nine o'clock to-night , an ' then , if he wa 'n' t found , I would n't wait any longer . I 'd get ready for the funeral . I 've sent over for Paulina Maria and your aunt B'lindy to come in an ' help . Henry come over here to see if I 'd heard anything , and I told him to go right home an ' tell his mother to come , an ' stop on the way an ' tell Paulina Maria .