half past nine
But he did none of these things , and his abstention was the sign and measure of his coolness , of his sanity . He only said , as any cool and sane young man might say : How about after church ? And if he called when he got back from Clapham ? He would n't be a minute later than half past nine . And Violet had said : Oh , well -- she did n't know about calling . You see , she only had one room . And he had reckoned with that difficulty ; for Winny Dymond only had one room which she shared with Maudie .