nine
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He wondered if this Patricia person could not -LRB- tactfully -RRB- be induced to take her bath after breakfast , as Agatha did ? after he had his ? Why , confound the girl , he was not responsible for there being only one bathroom in the house ! It was necessary for him to have his bath and be at the Library by nine o'clock . This interloper must be made to understand as much . The colonel reached the Library undecided as to whether Miss Stapylton had better breakfast in her room , or if it would be entirely proper for her to come to the table in one of those fluffy lace-trimmed garments such as Agatha affected at the day 's beginning ? The question was a nice one .