nine o'clock
`` Come on , Emma . There 's a taxicab just turning into the station driveway . '' Three minutes later they were speeding through the silent streets . It was after nine o'clock and there were few persons passing . `` No place like home , '' caroled Emma as they let themselves into Harlowe House . In the living-room they found Louise Sampson and half a dozen girls . At sight of Grace and Emma , Louise came quickly forward .