nine o'clock
Paula looked at the wall . It was certainly high , but he knew very well from past exploits that the height would not bother her . `` No , '' she said , `` I 'm not afraid to jump . Over in Villar , when I had to tend the goats , many a time I have had to jump from far greater heights than that to keep them from straying into our neighbor 's pastures ; but I tell you now , we promised Teresa to return at nine o'clock , and I 'm not going to disobey her . '' Then it was that I joined in on the side of Louis . `` If you 're always going to obey Teresa , you 'll never have a quiet moment . '' `` Then are you , too , going to stay with Louis ? ''