nine o'clock
`` No-o , '' began Bertram , with obvious reluctance . `` It 's already nine o'clock , and -- '' `` Nine o'clock ! '' cut in Seaver , with a broad grin . `` Since when has your limit been nine o'clock ? I 've seen the time when you did n't mind nine o'clock in the morning , Bertie ! What 's got -- Oh , I remember . I met another friend of yours in Berlin ; chap named Arkwright -- and say , he 's some singer , you bet !