nine o'clock
`` Very well , then , '' said Ralph ; and leaned back once more . The minutes passed away in silence for a while ; and then Ralph asked a question or two about his sisters . `` Mary is coming over to hunt to-morrow with her husband , '' said Sir James . `` I have told Forrest to be here by nine o'clock . Shall you come with us ? '' Ralph yawned , and sipped his Bordeaux . `` I do not know , '' he said , `` I suppose so . ''