nine o'clock
sure enough the repairs _ is _ to be done there , so I 'll have to cut my visit to Cove short by four days . '' `` But you 'll sleep there to-night , I suppose ? '' asked Gildart , with more anxiety than the subject seemed to warrant . `` Ay , no doubt o ' that , for Mrs G and Tottie left this mornin ' , trustin ' to my comin ' down in the evenin ' ; but I ca n't get before nine o'clock . '' `` Well , good-day to you , '' said Gildart ; `` I hope you 'll enjoy yourself at Cove . '' The middy hastened away from the Sailors ' Home with the air of a man who had business on hand . Turning the corner of a street he came upon a brass band , the tones of which were rendering all the bilious people within hearing almost unable to support existence .