nine o'clock
`` Now I will say good-night . I am tired , and it is getting late , '' I said . `` Good-night , Comtesse , '' and he walked to the door . `` I shall be down at nine o'clock . '' And so we parted . On the morrow it had cleared up and flashes of blue sky were appearing . Augustus and Mr. McCormack had both had too much to drink the night before , at dinner , and were looking , and no doubt feeling , mixed and ill-tempered .