nine o'clock
They did not stay long in the observation-car when they went back to it after dinner . Other people had come in , and it was not so attractive as when they occupied it alone . The lamps had been lighted so early that short December day that it seemed much later than it really was , and they were all tired . At nine o'clock , when they went to their berths in the forward end of the car , they found several sections already made up for the night , and the porter was moving on down toward theirs . The fussy old woman , who had been so hard to please at the table , came squeezing her way through the valises that blocked the aisle , and took possession of the section opposite Betty and Lloyd . `` Oh , my country ! '' whispered Lloyd .