nine o'clock
On Tuesday he must leave Town for Hampshire , but time-tables were consulted , and it was discovered that he could travel across country on Christmas Eve , and , by changing from one station to the other at the market town of Flail , arrive at Red Abbey in time for tea . `` We can take your luggage with us , '' said Daphne . `` You 've got all you 'll want for the night at White Ladies . '' It was half-past nine o'clock , and we were all in the library , resting after the labours of the day . Berry from the depths of the sofa grunted an assent . `` All the same , '' he added , `` I must take something . Beard-eraser , for instance , and a clean neckerchief .