nine o'clock
So he walked briskly forward , and up Sturk 's door-steps , and knocked . ` The Dublin doctor has n't come , eh ? ' -- he asked . ` No , Sir , he is n't come yet -- 't was nine o'clock , the mistress told me . ' ` Very good . Tell Mrs. Sturk , pray , that I , Mr. Dangerfield , you know , will call , as I promised , at nine o'clock precisely . ' And he turned again and walked briskly over the bridge , and away along the Inchicore road overhanging the river .