nine
o’clock
She wanted every one else to believe in them . Meanwhile , she assisted him in so far as she could by pawning the contents of five of the seven trunks , by learning to cook on a `` Kitchenette , '' and to laundry her handkerchiefs and iron them on the looking-glass . They faced each other across the breakfast-table . It was only nine o'clock , but the sun beat into the flat with the breath of a furnace , and the air was foul and humid . `` I tell you , '' Carter was saying fiercely , `` you look ill . You are ill . You must go to the sea-shore .