nine
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It is very important ; they should have had it yesterday . '' `` Hodge 's are never open till ten , '' I said . `` Oh yes , indeed they are . At least they expect this letter by nine o'clock . It 's a bill of lading for their goods . '' `` If that 's so , '' replied I , `` the mail went out yesterday -- you know that -- and there 's not another till Monday . '' `` Oh , but there 's a letter with it that has to be attended to immediately . ''