nine o'clock
` I 'm ` bout ready to turn in anyway . ' '' The narrator paused for a moment . John was rather wondering what it all had to do with the Erie Canal , but he said nothing . `` Wa'al , next mornin ' , '' David resumed , `` I got up an ' shaved an ' dressed , an ' set ` round waitin ' fer the breakfust bell to ring till nigh on to half-past nine o'clock . Bom-by the ' came a knock at the door , an ' I says , ` Come in , ' an ' in come one o ' them fellers . ` Beg pah ` din , sir , ' he says . ` Did you ring , sir ? ' ''