nine o'clock
`` Wednesday night , nine o'clock . Bridge , '' I real aloud . Then , aware of Alex 's stare , I turned on Liddy . `` Some one is to play bridge to-night at nine o'clock , '' I said . `` Is that your business , or mine ? '' Liddy was aggrieved . She was about to reply when I scooped up the pieces and left the conservatory .