nine o'clock
`` Well , we 'll see , '' replied Dorothy . `` But you must run out now . My ! it 's almost nine o'clock . I did n't think it was so late . '' The entertainment had been so engrossing that all the thoughts of Tanglewood Park and the mystery concerning it had entirely escaped Dorothy 's memory for the time being . But Roger had determined to know all about that `` scream , '' and only yesterday he had had a long talk with old Abe down at the station ; a long , serious talk .