nine o'clock
`` Oh , very well ; manage it as you like . Only be careful that it is properly done , and have it registered , '' I added . `` Meanwhile , I will start . '' `` You need not go yet , caro mio ; it is not nine o'clock . '' `` How far do you think I ought to go , Nino ? '' I inquired . To tell the truth , the idea of going up the Serra alone was not so attractive in the evening as it had been in the morning light .