nine o'clock
she exclaimed . `` There is no one here . '' `` Serve you right if there had been , '' Mr. Bullsom declared , gruffly . `` A pretty state to come down in the morning at past nine o'clock . '' Selina tossed her head . `` I am going to dress directly after breakfast , '' she remarked . `` Then if you 'll allow me to say so , '' her father declared , `` before breakfast is the time to dress , and not afterwards .