nine
o'clock
Hardly had Manolo Berlanga left the shop when he hurried to his lodgings . He had no more than reached the front room when -- no longer able to restrain his evil thoughts -- he asked : `` Has Amadeo got here , yet ? '' `` He 'll be here in about fifteen minutes , '' answered Rafaela . `` It 's nine o'clock , now . The train 's already in . I heard it whistle . '' Berlanga entered the dining-room and saw that the young woman was making up his bed .