nine o'clock at night
`` Can it be right ? '' went on Mark . `` Surely it is n't nine o'clock , and the sun shining as brightly as if it was noon . '' `` It 's nine o'clock at night ! '' exclaimed the professor , entering the steering tower in time to hear Mark 's words . `` But it ca n't be , '' argued the boy . `` Look how the sun is shining . ''