seven o'clock
It was Mrs. Mayo 's henhouse , and Mrs. Mayo 's fence . Their adventurous journey had ended where it began . `` You see , Eri , '' said Captain Perez , as he told his friend the story that night , `` that clock in the dining room that I looked at had n't been goin ' for a week ; the mainspring was broke . ` Twa 'n' t seven o'clock , 't was nearer nine when the fire started , and the tide wa 'n' t goin ' out , 't was comin ' in . I drove into the water too soon , missed the crossin ' , and we jest drifted back home ag ` in . The horse had more sense than I did . We found him in the barn waiting for us . ''