nine o'clock in the morning
We propose to give you two francs a day ; does that appear to you sufficient ? '' `` Oh , mother ! it is much more than I could have expected . '' `` You will , moreover , only be occupied from nine o'clock in the morning till six in the evening ; you will thus have still some off hours , of which you might make use . You see , the situation is not a hard one . '' `` Oh ! quite the contrary , mother . ''