nine o'clock
Amy evidently came back with an effort . `` No , I wish I were . I was -- thinking . '' When nine o'clock sounded Clint sighed with relief and closed his book . Amy got up and walked to the window and threw himself on the seat . `` Look here , '' he said finally , `` Dreer ought n't to be allowed to get away with that cute little stunt of his . '' `` No , but how -- '' `` I 've been thinking . ''