nine o'clock
She 'll find her way . Like as not the conductor will have a time-table and be able to tell her all about the trains . But I certainly do wish we had let her know we would meet her . '' They were still worrying about it that night at nine o'clock while Father wound the kitchen clock and Mother put a mackerel asoak for breakfast . Suddenly the telephone in the next room gave a whir , and both Father and Mother jumped as if they had been shot , looking at each other in bewildered question as they hastened to the ` phone . It was Father who took down the receiver . `` A telegram ?