nine o'clock
He hated to leave the boat . The crew would be going off and getting drunk , let alone that bunch of little devils who would strip her clean of everything that could be carried the moment his back was turned . It would probably keep him busy till way into the night . If he was n't home by nine o'clock , she had better go to bed . Tonet should go and get his pack ready and say good-by to Rosario ; so as to be on the beach an hour before dawn . There would be no waiting in such times ! Dolores looked at her husband and then at Tonet .