about nine
o'clock
`` Not yet . I suppose he is detained by business . '' Just after breakfast , Miss Manning , as usual , took the three little girls out in the Park to play . It was their custom to come in about nine o'clock to study . This morning , however , their governess went to Mrs. Colman and said , `` I should like to take this morning , if you have no objection . I am feeling a little anxious about Rufus , who did not come home last night . I would like to go to the office where he is employed , and inquire whether he has been sent out of town on any errand . ''