nine o'clock
Oh , she 's been a girl once , you may depend ; and has n't more than half got over it either . But wait till we have our ` howl ' ! '' What a `` howl '' was , superlative to `` tree-toading , '' `` owl-hooting , '' and other divertisements , did not appear at this time ; for a young man did , approaching from the front of the hotel , and came up to the group on the piazza with the question , `` At what time do we set off for Feather-Cap to-morrow ? '' `` Oh , early , Mr. Scherman ; by nine o'clock . '' `` Earlier than you 'll be ready , '' said Frank Scherman 's sister , one of the `` Routh '' girls also . `` I sha n't have any crimps to take down , that 's one thing , '' Frank answered . And Sin Saxon , glancing at his handsome waving hair , whispered saucily to Jeannie Hadden , `` I do n't more than half believe that , either ; '' -- then , aloud , `` You must join the party too , girls , by the way .