nearly ten o'clock
`` You have the rheumatism , madam , because your house is so open ; a draught of air is always unhealthy . '' `` I allers reckoned ` twar _ healthy _ , '' she replied . `` Ye Yankee folks have quar notions . '' I looked at my watch , and found it was nearly ten o'clock , and , feeling very tired , said to the hostess : `` Where do you mean we shall sleep ? '' `` Ye can take that ar bed , '' pointing to the one nearer the wall , `` the darky can sleep har ; '' motioning to the settle on which she was seated . `` But where will you and your daughters sleep ? I do n't wish to turn you out of your beds . ''