nine o'clock
He would have been one of the last men I should have expected to be bowled over . Are you coming for a turn round ? '' `` I shall feel honoured , '' he answered , and thereupon we set off , step for step , for a constitutional round the deck . By the time we had finished it was nine o'clock , and the saloon gong had sounded for breakfast . The meal over , I repaired to the Marquis 's cabin , and having knocked , was bidden enter . I found my lord in bed , retching violently ; his complexion was the colour of zinc , his hands were cold and clammy , and after every spasm his face streamed with perspiration . `` I am indeed sorry to see you like this , '' I said , bending over him .