half past nine
We 're going anyway . You see your father right away and he 'll begin to plan your outfit . We 're going to leave , the airship with us I hope , at three o'clock Monday afternoon . '' It was half past nine when the oil prospector reached the Grant home . The evening there had been one resembling preparations for a funeral . Colonel Howell 's offer had fallen on the Grant family with no sign of joy in anyone except the son . Dazed by the dangers which , to Norman 's family , overshadowed all possible advantages , small time was lost in calling Mr. and Mrs. Moulton into the conference .