about nine
o'clock
Cheer up , dear -- the baby keeps well -- that 's the main thing . '' He sat on the rose-bowered porch and smoked while she cleared the table . At first he had tried to help her on these occasions , but their methods were dissimilar and she frankly told him she preferred to do it alone . So she slipped off the silk and put on the gingham again , washed the dishes with the labored accuracy of a trained mind doing unfamiliar work , made the bread , redressed at last , and joined him about nine o'clock . `` It 's too late to go anywhere , I suppose ? '' he ventured . `` Yes -- and I 'm too tired .