nine o'clock
`` At this time ? You ai n't goin ' round to Mr. Hearty 's ? '' There was a note of anxiety in Mrs. Bindle 's voice . `` It 's past nine o'clock . '' `` I ai n't decided whether I 'll punch ` Earty 's ` ead or go an ' get drunk . I 'm sick of all this ` umbug . '' Whilst speaking , Bindle had seized his coat and cap , and made for the door .