nine o'clock
`` Oh , I daresay something of the sort can be arranged . No harm in having a try anyhow ! First thing , of course , is to get a good education ... '' And he spoke of the High School , when Kern got back from her trip , with a little brushing-up , first , perhaps , under his personal supervision ... . And next morning , when Kern 's temperature stood down a whole degree at nine o'clock , these great plans seemed to come nearer at a bound . That day the Dabney House drew a long breath and smiled . Miss Masters was even more confident than Vivian that the hard corner had been turned . So the verdict went to Hen Cooney , who telephoned from Saltman 's ; and so it went to Jem Noonan , who was to be found waiting in front of the Dabney House every evening in these days , silently biting a Heth Plantation Cheroot , which he smoked because Kern made them , though secretly preferring the White River brand , made by the Trust .