nine o'clock precisely
`` No , sir . I would not ask you to do more than be a witness . '' `` What , then , are my instructions , as you are pleased to call them ? '' `` You will come to the Gardens to-night , uncle , at nine o'clock precisely . You will walk down the centre path , and you will seat yourself upon one of the rustic seats which are beside the statue of Aphrodite . You will wait and you will observe . '' `` Very good ; I will do so .