nine o'clock
I was never one to stay up after nine o'clock for the sake of entertainment . If there 's sickness , or anythin ' like that , of course it 's a different matter . `` Roger 's pa was always a great one for readin ' , and we 've both inherited it from him . Roger sits with his books and I sit with my paper , and we both read , never sayin ' a word to each other , till almost nine o'clock . We 're what you might call a literary family . -LSB- Sidenote : `` Jewel of a Girl '' -RSB- `` I 'm just readin ' a perfectly beautiful story called _ Margaret Merriman , or the Maiden 's Mad Marriage _ . Margaret must have been worth lookin ' at , for she had golden hair and eyes like sapphires and ruby lips and pearly teeth .