nine o'clock
`` Just hang on . I 'll be round in a quarter of an hour . '' Mr. Fred Pole arrived under that time , and had a dreadful story to unfold . At nine o'clock that evening Bones had called upon him and had offered to buy his shares . But Bones had said he would not under any circumstances -- `` Buy my shares ? '' said de Vinne quickly . `` Well , he did n't exactly say that , '' said Fred .