nine o'clock
Across from the station was a large billboard , and on it the name of Beverly Carlysle and her play , `` The Valley . '' He stood for some time and looked at it , before he went in to buy his ticket . Not until he was in the train did he realize that he had forgotten to get his lunch . He attended to his work that evening as usual , but he felt very tired , and Lucy , going in at nine o'clock , found him dozing in his chair , his collar half choking him and his face deeply suffused . She wakened him and then , sitting down across from him , joined him in the vigil that was to last until they heard the car outside . She had brought in her sewing , and David pretended to read . Now and then he looked at his watch .