nine
o'clock
She put down her penny on the counter , and Susy supplied her from a special box . `` I was in such a taking , '' said the woman . `` I just remembered at the last moment that all the shops were shut . I do n't know what I should have done if I had n't recalled that Mrs. Hopkins kept hers open until nine o'clock . I am obliged to you , little girl . I have to send this letter to my son in India , and I 'd miss the mail if it was n't posted to-night . You could n't now , I suppose , oblige me with a stamp . ''