nine o'clock
`` You speak harshly of yourself , but ah , you do not mean it . We understand each other , eh ? '' `` I understand you perfectly , '' drawled Grantham ; `` I was merely advising you to endeavour to understand me . My party will arrive at nine o'clock , Agapoulos , and I am going back to the Savoy shortly to dress . Meanwhile , if Hassan would bring me a whisky and soda I should be obliged . '' `` Of course , of course . He shall do so at once , '' cried Agapoulos .