nine o'clock
Albina imagined that he had had words with the captain or somebody , and did not bother him with questions . After she had cleared the table , she sat down to read the sensational _ feuilleton _ of the local daily paper , eating pralines all the while . Then she performed her evening toilet and went to bed . It was not yet nine o'clock ; but that did not matter . She liked lying in bed . On the stroke of nine Heimert heard the sergeant-major go out . In the corridor he caught some of the men larking about without their caps , and rebuked them sharply .