nine o’clock
Seeing the forbidding look by which he was met , however , he turned to the girl again , as Hawley muttered something they could not hear . `` What time is it ? '' he asked . `` It 's nine o'clock , '' answered the girl , her eyes watching his every movement , her face alive . `` Then the moon 's up almost ? '' `` It 'll be up in an hour . '' `` Jerickety !