nine o'clock
`` His sister . She is a good little woman , and she adores him . She would be good to Nelly . '' `` You ca n't go tearing off to people 's houses at this hour of the evening '' -- it was nine o'clock -- `` and asking them to come with you . To be sure , the sister knows . I do n't want Nell talked about . '' `` Nor I. Let him come home well and then they can talk of the nine-days ' happy wonder .