eight o'clock
Mrs. Zelotes came over , finally , in a quiver of anxiety . `` Maybe I had better start out and see if I can find her , '' said Andrew . `` I think you had better , '' returned his mother . `` She went before eight o'clock , and it 's most midnight , and I 've set at my window watchin ' ever since . I do n't see what you 've been thinkin ' about , waitin ' all this time . I guess if I was a man I should n't have waited . '' `` I think she may have gone in to see Abby Atkins -- it 's on the way -- and not realized how late it was , '' said Fanny , obstinately , but with a very white face .