about nine o'clock
We had their word for it . Sooner or later something would turn up in the shape of particulars ; only we wished it would hurry . If it did n't turn up sooner we were extremely likely to burst at the seams . It turned up about nine o'clock . There was a commotion at the front door and Maxwell came in . He was followed by an avalanche of Smiths . There was our Smith , and a tall , lean Smith , and a Smith who waddled when he walked .