nine o'clock
That fatal time always seemed to arrive on the wings of the wind . Teresa seldom had any time to come and call us , but she relied on Louis , as he had a watch . Beside all that , we could clearly hear the hour strike in the great clock on Darnetal Church . `` Listen , '' cried Paula , woefully , `` it 's nine o'clock , and Teresa said we must go back to the house at nine . '' `` Oh , shut up , '' said Louis . -LRB- He had just started a thrilling new game of jumping from a high wall . -RRB- `` I 'll tell you when it 's time to go home .