nine o'clock
Say something . '' `` Let him sit quiet , '' growled Arthur . `` If you encourage him he 'll tell us a story we 've heard a hundred times before . '' Merlin went up-stairs very quietly at nine o'clock . When he was in his room and had closed the door tight he stood by it for a moment , his thin limbs trembling . He knew now that he had always been a fool . `` O Russet Witch ! ''