half past nine
I 'm doing what I think is right about this old dinner . Perhaps I 'm wrong about it ; perhaps you 're mistaken and I 'm not absolutely perfect , but if I were , think what a lot of fun you would miss in changing me . And you know I never meant to abandon you for the whole evening . I 'll get away at half past nine and we 'll take a little turn . '' So that was settled . As they drove back she revealed another plan to him -- she was taking him for a moment to see a friend of hers . He protested .