nine o'clock
`` My aunt forgot to call me . '' `` That is a poor excuse . '' Dick Ferris began to drum on the railing with his flat hands . `` Did n't I tell you to be here every morning at nine o'clock ? '' went on the broker . `` I am sure that is not very early for any one . '' '' ` Tai n't my fault when it snows like this , '' returned the boy .