nine o'clock
`` Attend to business ? Ay ! if you could see all the time , how he attends to business , Squire ; how he searches and foots his legers every day , '' said Frisbie ; `` how he keeps things moving and straight , and pays his notes before they come due , you would say he could not help prospering , and you would back him for any amount he would ask . But , here , it is nine o'clock , already , and I must face this cold storm , that has come up since I came . '' `` Do n't hurry away yet , '' said Fabens . `` There is nothing to call you home . Stay all night , we will be glad to have you , and you shall have an early start in the morning . ''