nine o'clock
`` He 's so curious he could burst a seam . Come on . Jerry will get started right away . '' Just before nine o'clock the boys and Jerry arrived at the newspaper office . Jerry was about to burst with curiosity , but he was n't going to let it get the better of him . He had n't asked a single question all the way from the wood road back of Whiteside into town . Duke Barrows was apparently taking the same tack .