nine in the morning
`` Oh , no ; I 'm to be merely responsible to the lieutenant for the proper management of the office . I 'm not to be tied down so very closely , after all , and I 'm to have the proper amount of leave for recreation and all that sort of thing . '' `` When do you begin ? '' `` Day after to-morrow , at nine in the morning . '' `` You wo n't be on guard duty while this other detail lasts ? '' `` No . '' `` Too bad , '' muttered Hal .