nine o'clock
Her momentary good-nature had dried up like the dew . She put on her hat , wrapped a shawl round her shoulders and left the room . Kitty returned to her place by the window . It was now between eight and nine o'clock . She had refused both dinner and tea , and was in consequence feeling weak and faint . There was a giddy sensation in her head to which she was not accustomed . She did not connect it with the fact that she was starving , and wondered what was the matter with her .