nine
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Peggy rebelled against his desire to spend the seventy dollars that still remained , but he was firm in his determination . They would dine and drive together and see all of the old life that was left -- on seventy dollars . Then on the next day they would start all over again . There was one rude moment of dismay when it occurred to him that Peggy might be considered an `` asset '' if she became his wife before nine o'clock . But he realized at once that it was only demanded of him that he be penniless and that he possess no object that had been acquired through the medium of Edwin Peter Brewster 's money . Surely this wife who was not to come to him until his last dollar was gone could not be the product of an old man 's legacy . But so careful was he in regard to the transaction that he decided to borrow money of Joe Bragdon to buy the license and to pay the minister 's fee .