nine o'clock
`` He was going through Devil-may-come Hollow and a mighty big rock struck him and -- he 's dead ! '' `` Then you must come with me , Nella-Rose . '' Truedale set his lips grimly ; there was no time to lose . Between three and nine o'clock surely they could locate a minister or a justice of the peace . `` Come ! '' `` But why , Mister Man ? '' She laughed up at him .