evening, about nine o'clock
I advise you to go and tell him . '' She walked away slowly , whistling ; but by-and-by broke into a run and was gone , the puppy scampering behind her . As the days grew longer and the weather milder , Taffy and his father worked late into the evenings ; sometimes , if the job needed to be finished , by the light of a couple of candles . One evening , about nine o'clock , the boy as he planed a bench paused suddenly . `` What 's that ? '' They listened . The door stood open , and after a second or two they heard the sound of feet tiptoeing away up the path outside .