eight o'clock in the
evening
`` I looked about the kitchen for supper , but there was none , so I proceeded to prepare one suitable to the occasion . Among other things , the farmer raised turkeys for the market and , although the season was late , there were a few birds left for seed . I went out to the barn with a lantern and picked the plumpest gobbler I could find off the roost , and an hour later had him in the oven . This was at eight o'clock in the evening . While he was baking I canvassed the old farmer 's wardrobe . I 'd grown like a mushroom those last years and , though I was only sixteen , a suit of his ready-made clothes was a fair fit . I got into it grimly .