evening about nine
o'clock
`` Oh , papa , not in our little boat ! '' `` No , in a schooner belonging to Mr. Downs 's brother . It has just put in with a load of lumber , and the captain has offered me a passage if I like to go . He expects to get back to-morrow evening about nine o'clock . Should you be lonesome , do you think , Eyebright , if I went ? '' `` Not a bit , '' cried Eyebright , delighted at the idea of papa 's having a sail . `` I 'll do something or other that is pleasant .