nine o'clock
Then I would refer to the help my secretary had been to me , and endeavor to express the satisfaction which an author must always feel for a suggestion of this kind , or any other , from one qualified to make them . If there was any gratitude or vanity in my nun 's heart , I felt I could stir it up , if Sister Sarah would listen to me long enough ; and if gratitude , or even vanity , could be stirred , the rigidity of my nun would be impaired , and she might find herself off her guard . But I had no opportunity of making my remark . At nine o'clock the door of the secretary 's room opened , the nun entered , and the door was then closed and locked . Sister Sarah must have been in a hurry that morning . Just as well as not I might have made my remark directly to my nun , but I did not . She walked quickly to the table , arranged her paper , opened her inkstand , and sat down .