nine o'clock
How could he let him wait at such a crisis ? How could any of them -- Gustav , Trudi , Manske -- let him wait at such a crisis ? He grew terribly anxious . He had expected Gustav by the first train from Berlin ; he might have been with him by nine o'clock . The other brother , he knew , would be less easily reached by the telegram -- he was attached to the person of a prince whose movements were uncertain ; but Gustav ? Well , he must be patient ; he may not have been at home ; the next train arrived in the afternoon ; he would come by that . The door opened , and he turned eagerly ; but it was the Public Prosecutor again .