nine o'clock
We 'll select the spot . Even so , when your farm is in full swing you 'll have to have more outside help . So keep your eyes open , Billy , while you 're gallivanting over the valley . '' The next night Billy failed to return , and at nine o'clock a Glen Ellen boy on horseback delivered a telegram . Billy had sent it from Lake County . He was after horses for Oakland . Not until the third night did he arrive home , tired to exhaustion , but with an ill concealed air of pride .