nine o'clock
Who is to stop her if she is bound to go ? Come , hurry up ; put on your overcoat and get into my trap , and I will take you back with me , see Cora , and stay all night with us . '' Mr. Clarence started up , rang for a waiter to see to his rooms , then put on his overcoat , and in five minutes more he was seated beside his brother in the light wagon , behind the fastest horse in Mr. Fabian 's stables , bowling out of the village at a rate of speed that I would not dare to state . It was not nine o'clock when they reached Violet Banks . Mr. Fabian drove around to the stables , gave his team up to the groom , and walked back to the house with Clarence . `` You must not drop a word to Violet about Cora 's intended journey . She thinks that Cora has only come to spend the night with her .