nine o'clock
`` So he hoped , lady . He said that he would have come straight here , first , but he thought it would be more pleasant for you to meet him in privacy . '' `` Assuredly it would , '' she agreed . `` I will bring a carriage for you , here , at nine o'clock ; and take you and my young lord to the Rajah 's house . '' At the appointed time , a handsome carriage and pair drove up to the door of the hotel , and in ten minutes Mrs. Holland and Dick alighted in the courtyard of a large house . Four native servants were at the door , and the old officer led the way to a spacious room . This was carpeted with handsome rugs .