nine o'clock
`` Girls , '' she said , `` it 's after nine o'clock , and Tom has to go away on the 9:45 train . We have overslept ourselves . '' `` I should think we had , '' began Elizabeth , but Mrs. Fleming had already gone to her son 's room . `` Tom , Tom , '' she called , as she knocked vigorously at the door , `` get up , it 's after nine o'clock ! '' `` What ! '' came from Tom 's room , accompanied by a sudden jump out onto the floor . Ruth had heard the commotion , and she and Patty each appeared at their doors .