nine o'clock
`` It is no wonder if my hair is uncurled . Margie , the -- the -- Mr. Linmere has not arrived . '' `` Not arrived ! It must be nine o'clock . '' As she spoke , the sonorous strokes of the clock proclaiming the hour , vibrated through the house . `` We have been distracted about him for more than two hours ! he should surely have been here by half-past six !