nine o'clock
` It was three servants sent to seek you from the Grange , ' said Heathcliff , overhearing me . ` You should have opened a lattice and called out : but I could swear that chit is glad you did n't . She 's glad to be obliged to stay , I 'm certain . ' At learning the chance we had missed , we both gave vent to our grief without control ; and he allowed us to wail on till nine o'clock . Then he bid us go upstairs , through the kitchen , to Zillah 's chamber ; and I whispered my companion to obey : perhaps we might contrive to get through the window there , or into a garret , and out by its skylight . The window , however , was narrow , like those below , and the garret trap was safe from our attempts ; for we were fastened in as before . We neither of us lay down : Catherine took her station by the lattice , and watched anxiously for morning ; a deep sigh being the only answer I could obtain to my frequent entreaties that she would try to rest .