nine o'clock
Of all the obstinate people in the world I think a station-master at a small station can be easily first , and our efforts to soothe him produced no effect whatever . Everything he said began with `` I know my business , '' and I have always been inclined to doubt people who try to crush me with such unnecessary information . We got away eventually , but my misfortunes were not finished . Our train was very late at Reading and there was no longer any chance for me to be in college by nine o'clock . Jack , too , was bothered about the men whom he had asked to dinner , and Bunny alone remained in a state of unruffled contentment . When the train came at last I got into a carriage with only a glance at the people in it , and tried to go to sleep , but Bunny kept on talking about Thunderer and had magnificent schemes for my future benefit . I regret to say that he was in what must have been a sportive mood , and asked me to choose my racing colours and my trainer .