nine o'clock
`` I had no idea they felt under obligations , to me . I certainly did n't want them to . '' Roger nodded and looked at his watch . `` It 's only nine o'clock now . If it was n't so frightfully hot and there were any place to go , I 'd say let 's continue our spree . '' `` Just beyond that strip of desert there , '' Charley pointed into the valley to the east , `` there are some wonderful Indian inscriptions on some rocks around a spring . I 've never seen them , but I 've always wanted to and I know the trail .