nine o'clock in the morning
Marian 's cool insolence had an instantly subduing effect on her belligerent relative . She knew that Marian was quite capable of dropping her , then and there . `` I do n't know what happened about the room , '' she said sulkily , but in a decidedly lower key . `` I came here at nine o'clock in the morning . Mrs. Weatherbee sent the maid with me to the room . That Stearns girl said I must have made a mistake . I knew that she was n't exactly pleased .