nine o’clock
`` Well , '' she answered , `` we thought you looked overcast , and they dared me offer you a chocolate . '' `` I do n't mind if I have another -- another sort , '' he said . And presently they were all laughing together . It was nine o'clock when he got home , falling dark . He entered the house in silence . His mother , who had been waiting , rose anxiously . `` I told her , '' he said .