nine
o'clock
Papa is sure to come back by the 9:45 . He will reach the door at 10 . We must have everything ready for him . Now , just sit down at once , and ask Harold to come at nine o'clock , and I shall do the same to Charles . '' The two invitations were dispatched , received and accepted . Harold was already a confidant , and he understood that this was some further development of the plot . As to Charles , he was so accustomed to feminine eccentricity , in the person of his aunt , that the only thing which could surprise him would be a rigid observance of etiquette .