nine o'clock
`` Is there anything so surprising in that ? You will take a letter from me to the Signora Monti . Look you , Vincenzo , you have been faithful and obedient so far , I expect implicit fidelity and obedience still . You will not be needed here to-morrow after the marriage ball has once begun ; you can take the nine o'clock train to Avellino , and -- understand me -- you will remain there till you receive further news from me . You will not have to wait long , and in the mean time , '' here I smiled , `` you can make love to Lilla . '' Vincenzo did not return the smile . `` But -- but , '' he stammered , sorely perplexed -- `` if I go to Avellino I can not wait upon the eccellenza .