nine o'clock
`` I called Aunt Sue , and told her to show ther lady whar ter dump her fixins , ' and der yo ' believe it , thet dog Bolus , thet war generally mighty questionin ' ` bout strangers , set down ` nd thumped ther floo ' like he war tickled ter death . `` Aunt Sue had cooked prairie chickens , pertaters , hed made hot bread 'n coffee , 'n fried bernanners , and opened can fruit , and brot out ther honey ` nd two kinds o ' pickles , an ' ther supper war fine . `` Ther little woman praised it , gentle like , jest enough an ' not o'erdoin ' it , till Aunt Sue 's face war bigger 'n a full mune , and filled with satisfaction ter ther very corners . `` All ther time ther lady kep talkin ' ` bout Texas , askin ' questions , ` bout ther sile , ther climate , and ther productions , and in course I talked and did my best a-entertainin ' o ' her till nine o'clock , when she got up and sed she 'd bid me good-night . `` Aunt Sue give her the best room , in course -- thet one beyond ther parlor . Yo ' know I hed it furnished up kinder gorgus with a carpet from Shreveport , and spring bed and wash-stand and picters from Galveston , and I felt more satisfaction thinkin ' mout be she 'd be comfortable , than I ever hed before since I 'd fixed it up . `` When she war gone , I sed : ` Boys , but we is in fur it , ' but Aunt Sue spoke up , and says she : ` Der am white folks and white folks ; but dis one 's a born lady , sho . '