About eight
o'clock
returned Levine . `` Forget it ! '' And forget it they did while the November dusk drew to a close and the red eyes of the stove blinked a warmer and warmer glow . About eight o'clock , after a light supper , Levine started back for town . He had not been gone five minutes when a shot cracked through the breathless night air . Amos started for the door but Lizzie grasped his arm . `` You stay right here , Amos , and take care of the house . ''