nine o'clock
You wo n't tell ? '' `` Not this time , maybe , '' was the reply ; `` but I would n't be in your shoes if you play this game next night ; '' and off he went . Bill thought it well to quit the churchyard at once for some place where he was not likely to be seen ; he had never played truant before , and for the next hour or two was thoroughly miserable as he slunk about the premises of a neighbouring farm , and finally took refuge in a shed , and began to consider his position . He would remain hidden till nine o'clock , and then go home . If nothing were said , well and good ; unless some accident should afterwards betray him . But if his mother asked any questions about the school ? He dared not , and he would not , tell a lie ; and yet what would be the result of the truth coming out ?