nine o'clock
`` Yes , he will come , too , '' said Bud . `` And he ` lows to come in here mighty quick . I do n't know how . But he 'll be a-standin ' at that air desk when it 's nine o'clock . I 'll bet a thousand dollars on that . _ Ef _ he do n't take it into his head to blow us up ! '' Hank was now white .