nearly nine o'clock
Now I come to think of it I am ashamed . It was the summer evening , the perfume of those flowers ; it was -- '' Helen fixed her eyes on Frank , as if she would like to say , `` It was you . '' With a sigh she said : `` It was the music . '' Then as if she feared she was showing too plainly what was passing in her mind , she said : `` But it is nearly nine o'clock . Perhaps you would like to go to the theatre , the ticket for the box is on the table . I should not be more than a few minutes changing my dress . Would you like to go ? ''