nine o'clock
So she sez , kind o ' grinnin ' , ` Well , I 'll bet your wife would jump at the chance to trade your NEXT seven children , sight onseen , fer a new pair o ' shoes er that bonnet she 's been wantin ' ever sence she got married . ' That sorter mixed me up . I could n't make out jest what she was drivin ' at . Must ha ' been nine o'clock that night when it come to me all of a sudden . So I woke Sue up an ' told her what Rachel Gwyn said to me , an ' , by gosh , Sue saw through it quicker 'n a flash . ` You bet I would , ' sez she . ` I 'd swap the next HUNDRED . '