nine o'clock
Miss Cheyne was interested enough now . She sat , leaning one arm on the table , and her chin in the palm of her hand . She held her lip with her teeth , and watched the man 's quick expressive face . `` We were there at nine o'clock , '' he went on , `` that Mateo , with his arm in a sling . We had passed the night at the hotel of the Libertad at Organa , where we both slept well enough . What will you ? -- when one is no longer young , the pulse is slow .