nine o'clock
`` Now , what time does this fellow put in his appearance ? '' Her Highness beamed upon the Honorable Betty . `` I like the way he says ` this fellow ' ; it reassures me . He is due at nine o'clock ; that is to say , in half an hour . I will give you these directions . I do not wish Steinbock to know of your presence here . You will hide in the salon , close to the portières , within call .