nine o'clock
`` Very . '' For the life of him Herrick could not fathom her tone . `` But since Toni is a free agent and not a slave , I expect she 's gone out on business of her own . '' `` Queer time for business -- nine o'clock on a foggy night , '' Herrick reminded her quietly . `` Well , I daresay she got fed up with the house -- and the weather -- and went off to London for a spree . '' Eva laughed rather hardly . `` A theatre would be a blessed relief after the dulness of this place . ''