nine o'clock
`` It 'll serve him right if he does get a lesson . Did ever you see such a lot of young cannibals as those youngsters ? Are you coming to have supper with me ? '' The nine o'clock bell soon rang , and , as usual , Oliver went to his door and shouted for Paul . No Paul came . He shouted again and again , but the fag did not appear . `` They mean business , '' he said .