a few minutes after nine in the morning
` Well , that 's all I 've got to tell you . Perhaps you 'd better think over it . I do n't want to keep you away from home longer than you care to stay . There 's a train at a few minutes after nine in the morning . ' He shuffled for a few moments about the writing-table , then went from the room . Alice was unhappy . The reaction from her previous high spirits , as soon as it had fully come about , brought her even to tears .