about nine
o'clock
`` Why , of course you may , child ; I 'll be very glad to be relieved of that duty , and cook will have all she can attend to . '' `` When is Uncle Fred coming ? '' said Frank , as they all sat at dinner that evening . `` The night before Thanksgiving , '' said Patty ; `` he 'll arrive at about nine o'clock . '' `` Well , we 'll give him a rousing welcome , '' said Frank , `` a sort of ` Harvest Home , ' you know . '' `` All right , '' said his father , who was ever ready for a frolic , `` what can we do out of the ordinary ? '' `` We could decorate the veranda with jack-o ' - lanterns , '' said Marian , `` and he 'll see them as he drives up . ''