nine o'clock
These were being conveyed to a taxi . Not one word did she say to relieve her outraged feelings . The fear of a `` scene before the servants '' kept her quiet . That evening at nine o'clock , Jones sat in the smoking-room , writing . He had trusted Church with an important mission on the upshot of which his whole future depended . If you will review his story , as he himself was reviewing it now , you will see that , despite a strong will and a mind quick to act , the freedom of his will had always been hampered by circumstance . Circumstance from the first had determined that he should be a Lord .