nine
o'clock in the evening
It may likewise keep me away until eight or nine o'clock this evening . But keep a good heart , dear ; our meeting will be pleasanter for the long absence -- Adieu , The note dropped from her hand , and she sank into a chair , overcome with a feeling of strong disappointment . To wait until eight or nine o'clock in the evening , before she should see him , when the morning had appeared lengthened to a day ! O , it seemed as if she could not endure the wearisome interval ! As for Wilmer , the truth was , he found himself so much under the influence of the liberal quantity of brandy which he had taken , that he dared not go home to Constance . He would not have appeared before her as he was , for the world .