about eleven o'clock
Why ? '' `` Well , there 's somethin' the matter with him . Somethin' serious . I was swabbin ' decks in the barn about eleven o'clock , when he come postin ' in , white and shaky , and so nervous he could n't stand still . Looked as if he had had a stroke almost . I -- '' `` Godfrey scissors ! You do n't s ` pose Heman 's comin ' back has knocked out his chances for the committee , do you ? ''