nine o'clock
`` Co ` se Mahaly wanter see w ` at had happen ' ter Dan , en so she sta ` ted down de road wid de cunjuh man . Ez soon ez he got her inter his cabin , he shet de do ' , en sprinkle ' some goopher mixtry on her , en tu ` nt her ter a black cat . Den he tuk 'n put her in a bairl , en put a bo 'd on de bairl , en a rock on de bo 'd , en lef her dere ` tel he got good en ready fer ter use her . '' ` Long ` bout half-pas ' nine o'clock Dan come down ter de cunjuh man 's cabin . It wuz a wa 'm night , en de do ' wuz stan ` in ' open . De cunjuh man ` vited Dan ter come in , en pass ' de time er day wid ` im . Ez soon ez Dan ` mence ' talkin ' , he heared a cat miauin ' en scratchin ' en gwine on at a tarrable rate . ''