nine o'clock
`` Good ! '' said John . He drew his chair up beside Amos ' and the two fell into low-voiced conversation . It must have been nine o'clock when Lydia opened her eyes to hear Amos say fretfully , `` I tell you , I went to him to-day as I 'll go to no man again . I begged him to renew the note , but he insisted his duty to the bank would n't let him . I told him it would put you in a terrible fix , that you 'd gone on the note when you could n't afford it . He grinned a devil 's grin then and said , ` Amos , I know you 've got nothing to lose in this .