nine o'clock
he asked . `` Yes , sir : I had some ham and hard-bread . '' `` I should ask you in to breakfast ; but I am afraid you ought not to stay here any longer , '' added the hotel-keeper . `` It is nine o'clock now , and you will be late . '' `` Late ? Late for what ? '' asked Dory , astonished at this remark , which he could not comprehend .