nine o’clock
To be frank , I have come to Liverpool on purpose to see you . -- Yours sincerely , `` DELIA INGLETON '' The messenger came back without an answer . Father Robertson was out , but the note would be given to him as soon as he came home . That evening , just after nine o'clock , he arrived at the hotel , and sent up his name to Lady Ingleton . `` Please ask him to come up , '' she said to the German waiter who had mispronounced his name . As she waited for her visitor she was conscious of a faint creeping of shyness through her . It made her feel oddly girlish .