nine o'clock at night
I demanded eagerly . `` I should say to-morrow , '' answered Mrs. Todd ; `` yes , I should say to-morrow ; but I expect ' t would be better to take one day to rest , in between . I considered that question as I was comin ' home , but I hurried so that there wa 'n' t much time to think . It 's a dreadful long way to go with a horse ; you have to go ` most as far as the old Bowden place an ' turn off to the left , a master long , rough road , and then you have to turn right round as soon as you get there if you mean to get home before nine o'clock at night . But to strike across country from here , there 's plenty o ' time in the shortest day , and you can have a good hour or two 's visit beside ; ' t ai n't but a very few miles , and it 's pretty all the way along . There used to be a few good families over there , but they 've died and scattered , so now she 's far from neighbors . There , she really cried , she was so glad to see anybody comin ' .