nine o'clock
`` He always does cry for her -- I mean inquire for Miss Meeke -- and she always goes down to see him , and makes us go down with her . And he does n't like it at all , and neither do we . Why , the other evening , when he came just after tea , when you had a headache and Odalite was sitting with you , and we were in the drawing room with Miss Meeke , after a little while , he said : '' ` Do you not think that it is very unhealthy for children to sit up so late ? ' `` And she laughed and said : '' ` Their regular bedtime is nine o'clock . It is not yet seven . ' `` And it is always so . He always looks at us as if he was saying to himself : '' ` Two is company , Four is trumpery . '