nine o'clock
`` For friends , that would be a matter of no importance , one does what one likes with one 's friends ; but for one 's enemies , in that case nothing could be better than if they were to feel hurt . I should not be sorry , I confess , to have to finish altogether with these marsh-birds , who annoy me with their cries . '' `` It shall be precisely as your majesty desires . At nine o'clock , therefore -- I will give the necessary orders . Is it to be a formal audience ? '' `` No . I wish to have an explanation with them , and not to embitter matters , as is always the case when many persons are present ; but , at the same time , I wish to clear everything with them , in order not to have to begin over again . ''