nine o'clock
ejaculated Roger . `` She has n't been here to-day , '' exclaimed Ernest . Charley set the basket slowly down on the sand while her face whitened . `` She started down here at nine o'clock with her doll and her olla . '' There was a moment 's silence , then Roger cried cheerfully , `` Well , do n't be frightened ! Nothing could have happened to her . She must have gone on an investigating trip of her own . ''