nine o'clock
Tell me . '' `` I said to him , ` Don Gennaro , I am the Conte di San Miniato 's sailor . Has the Conte sent any telegram this morning , to any one , anywhere ? ' Then he shook his head ; but he looked into his book and said , ` He sent one to Florence at nine o'clock . ' Then I said , ` I thank you , Don Gennaro , and I will do you a service when I can . ' That was for good manners . Then I said , ` Don Gennaro , please not to tell any one that I asked the question , and if you tell any one I will make you die an evil death , for I will break all your bones and moreover drown you in the sea , and go to the galleys very gladly . '