nine o'clock
For another quarter of an hour , the monoplane made its way steadily to the south and then a sudden blur broke the landscape in the distance . `` There she is , '' remarked Norman , almost casually . `` Do n't forget your packages and bundles . '' At nine o'clock Colonel Howell and Norman were eating breakfast at the Royal George Hotel . At half past ten they were leaving the big new Provincial Capitol Building . The colonel had filed his claims and had his papers safely in his pocket . A little later , entering the busy hotel office once more , Norman hastily caught his patron 's sleeve .