nine o'clock
`` But even that is n't as important as my engagement , '' wailed Elizabeth , who was splashing her face with water . `` I have to be at the Authors ' Club at nine-thirty , to prepare the room for the reception at eleven , and nothing can be done until I get there . And I must do several errands on my way there . Oh , it _ ca n't _ be nine o'clock . Perhaps my watch stopped at nine last evening . No -- it 's going . Oh , how unfortunate I am .