about a quarter past nine
Old Rover was asleep on the doorstep in the sun , and his master stood in the yard , and saw neighbor Price come along the road in her best array , with a gay holiday air . `` Well , now , '' she said eagerly , `` you wa 'n' t out very late last night , was you ? I got up myself to let Tiger in . He come home , all beat out , about a quarter past nine . I expect you had n't no kind o ' trouble gittin ' the coon . The boys was tellin ' me he weighed ` most thirty pounds . '' `` Oh , no kind o ' trouble , '' said Isaac , keeping the great secret gallantly .