nine o’clock
I wonder if he is capable of appreciating the -- the -- let us say , the inspiration of that toilet . Is that , I wonder , the sort of dress that a man likes his wife to wear when she welcomes him home after an absence of some months ? No matter it was exquisite in every detail . Curious , her coming here and waiting after she had learned that you were out , was it not ; from nine o'clock -- that fateful hour ! -- to-night . '' `` I think she must have felt -- lonely , '' said Phyllis . `` She seemed so glad to see me -- so relieved .