Nine o'clock
Among the faculty -- did the dean seem inclined to brag any on the faculty ? '' `` No ; he only talked a few moments . '' Mr. Gleason produced the big timepiece again hastily . `` Nine o'clock . I wonder what can be keeping Elice , '' he fidgeted . The visitor smiled , an odd smile , neither of bitterness nor yet of amusement . `` Not inclined particularly to brag on his faculty , the dean , I gather ? ''