Nine o'clock
`` Just think of it , Pauline ! '' she had cried ; `` he must have been way over to the Giudecca this very morning to get them . I wonder if the _ Urania _ has sailed yet . '' `` Nine o'clock was the hour , was it not ? '' Pauline asked , taking up one of the roses and holding it to her face . `` It must be after that . '' `` Yes , it 's too late , '' said May , as she stepped out upon the balcony ; `` she 's half-way to the Public Gardens .