about
nine o'clock
` Bijah , '' said she at length , `` you must take the colt and the light buggy and go -- go somewhere -- anywhere -- everywhere , until you find him . No , boys , you ca n't go . ` Bijah must n't be hindered . '' ` Bijah was at a loss where to go , but he obeyed directions , and went somewhere , anywhere , and it seemed as if he had been everywhere , and inquired at every house in and about Still Harbor , along the shore , in the woods and through the fields , but nobody had seen Benny since about nine o'clock that morning . At last he went again to see if Benny , perhaps , had got home . `` What ! '' cried Mrs. Briggs , when she saw ` Bijah come the second time , `` he has n't come ?