nine o'clock
But we will speak no more of the poor girl . Take away the service , if you please , '' said the duke , quietly . The landlord , balked of his desire to gossip , bowed , and cleared the table . It was not yet nine o'clock . There were more than three hours to be passed before the express-train for London would reach Lone . The duke , refreshed by his supper , felt no sense of weariness , no disposition to lie down and sleep away the three remaining hours of his stay . His mind was in too excited a condition to think of sleep .