nine o'clock
`` I did n't mean to hurt your feelings , Rachel , '' said the cooper , perplexed . `` Good-night ! '' said Rachel , rising and taking a lamp from the table . `` Come , Rachel , do n't go up to bed yet ; it 's only nine o'clock . '' `` After what you have said to me , Timothy , my self-respect will not allow me to stay . '' Rachel swept out of the room with something more than her customary melancholy . `` I wish Rachel was n't quite so contrary , '' said the cooper to his wife .