nine o'clock
Ask her if she will come to the steps leading from the gardens to the wharf at any hour this evening . From my own house I can row there without being seen . '' Again Pedro nodded happily . `` I will ask the _ señorita _ to be there at nine o'clock , '' he answered , `` or , I will come myself . '' The alternative did not strongly appeal to Roddy , but the mere fact that Inez was now in the same city with him , that even at that moment she was not a hundred yards from him , was in itself a reward . He continued on down the Alameda , his head in the air , his feet treading on springs . `` Three hours ! ''