nine in the morning
Evidently they were very good friends , and understood each other . `` If he does , '' said King , in a sort of growl , `` he 'll have something to settle with me . '' He went to bed in a peculiar frame of mind . Why had she wanted to waste all these hours when at nine in the morning the party was to leave for its return trip ? Well , he supposed morning would come sometime , though it seemed , at midnight , a long way off . `` Want me to call you at five-thirty , Jord ? '' Burns had inquired of him at parting .