nearly
nine o'clock
`` Well ! '' he exclaimed , `` if it is n't those Maynard scamps again ! Now , see here , Mehitabel , it 's time you and Hezekiah went to bed . It 's nearly nine o'clock . '' `` But , Cousin Jack , I just want to ask you something . '' `` Not to-night , my Angel Child . Whatever you ask me to-night , I shall say no to !