nine o'clock
Is n't that a fine plan ? '' `` I should say that IS a guid plan , '' answered the delighted Dannie . Anything to save Mary another night alone was good , and then -- that coon hunt did sound alluring . And that was how it happened that at nine o'clock that night , just as arrangements were being completed at Casey 's , Dannie Macnoun stepped into the group and said to the astonished Jimmy : `` Mary wanted to come to her sister 's over nicht , so I fixed everything , and I 'm going to the coon hunt , too , if you boys want me . '' The crowd closed around Dannie , patted his back and cheered him , and he was introduced to Mister O'Khayam , of Boston , who tried to drown the clamor enough to tell what his name really was , `` in case of accident '' ; but he could n't be heard for Jimmy yelling that a good old Irish name like O'Khayam could n't be beat in case of anything . And Dannie took a hasty glance at the Thread Man , to see if he wore that hated pleated coat , which lay at the bottom of Jimmy 's anger . Then they started .