about eight o'clock
Anybody could break up a Chi Yi initiation , and the Alfalfa Delts were a set of narrow-chested snobs with automobile callouses instead of muscles . We ate a hasty dinner on Friday evening and set all the scenery for the big scrunch . Then we put on our old clothes and waited for Ole to walk into our parlor . He was n't due until nine , but about eight o'clock he came creaking up the steps and dented the door with his large knuckles in a bashful way . He looked larger and knobbier than ever and , if anything , more embarrassed . We led him into the lounging-room in silence , and he sat down twirling his straw hat . It was October , and he had worn the thing ever since school opened .