eleven o'clock
He set up his fratching at breakfast acause his porridge was burnt , and kept at it all day . Nowt that I did for him were reet ; if I filled his pipe , he said I 'd putten salt in his baccy , and if I went out to feed the cauves , he told me I left the doors oppen , and wanted to give him his death o ' cowd . Evening came at last , and by nine o'clock I were left alone i ' the kitchen . Owd Jerry were i ' bed , and the childer too , all except Amos , our eldest barn , and he had set off wi ' his father to look after the lambing yowes , and would n't be back while eleven o'clock . He was a good lad was Amos , and the only one o ' the family that favvoured me ; the rest on 'em took after their father . So I sat misen down on a stool and glowered into the fire , and wrastled wi ' the deevil same as Jacob wrastled wi ' the angel . And the whole fire seemed to be full o ' lile deevils that were shooting out their tongues at me ; and the sparks were the souls of the damned i ' hell that tried to lowp up the chimley out o ' the deevils ' road .