nine o'clock
`` He 's organised himself into sort of a travellin ' library , I take it , what with transportin ' books at all hours back and forth . After I go to bed , Roger lets himself out and sneaks over here , carryin ' readin ' matter both ways . But land 's sake , '' she chuckled , `` I ai n't carin ' what he does after I get sleepy . I was never one to stay up after nine o'clock for the sake of entertainment . If there 's sickness , or anythin ' like that , of course it 's a different matter . `` Roger 's pa was always a great one for readin ' , and we 've both inherited it from him . Roger sits with his books and I sit with my paper , and we both read , never sayin ' a word to each other , till almost nine o'clock .