nine o'clock
The orphan prayed nearly all day ; that is to say , almost every minute she was thinking with pious respect and ineffable tenderness of the parents whose loss she so deeply deplored . Now , scarcely daring to decline mademoiselle 's invitation , Ernestine sadly replied : `` I thank you for the kind thought , mademoiselle . I will accompany you , of course . '' `` The nine o'clock mass would be most suitable , I think , '' said the devotee , `` and that is said in the Chapel of the Virgin , for whom you have a special preference , I think you remarked last evening , Ernestine . '' `` Yes , mademoiselle , every Sunday in Italy I attended mass in the Chapel of the Madonna . She , too , was a mother , so it seemed most fitting that I should address my prayers for my mother to her . '' `` They will certainly prove efficacious , Ernestine , and as you have commenced your devotions under the invocation of the mother of our blessed Saviour , it would be well to continue them under the same protection , so we will perform our devotions in the Chapel of the Virgin every morning at nine o'clock . ''