ten o'clock
Samuel knocked the ashes out of his pipe against the window-sill and arose to go . `` Waal , '' he said grudgingly , `` make it a week from ter-day then , rain shine , snow er blow , er a blizzard . Ef yer ever a-goin ' ter git hardened , Abe , naow 's the time ! I 'll drive over ` long erbout ten o'clock an ' git somebody ter sail us from here ; er ef the bay freezes over ` twixt naow an ' then , ter take us in a scooter . '' A `` scooter , '' it may be explained , is an ice-boat peculiar to the Great South Bay -- a sort of modified dingy on runners . `` Yes -- yes , a scooter , '' repeated Samuel , turning suddenly on Abe with the sharp inquiry : `` Air yew a-shiverin ' ? Hai n't , eh ?