about nine
o'clock
We left the house . The only other member of the Dorrance household was Jane 's father -- the Hon. Arthur Dorrance , M.P. . He had been in Hamilton all day , and had not yet returned . It was about nine o'clock of an evening in mid-May . The huge moon rode high in a fleecy sky , illumining the island with a light so bright one could almost read by it . `` We 'll walk , '' said Don . `` No use riding , Willie . ''