9 o'clock
No , indeed ! He has gold now . '' Thus musing to herself before the mirror , she gave final touches to her toilet , and stepped down into her sister 's sumptuous parlor to wait for a lover , restored from the depths of the sea . Promptly at 9 o'clock Alfonso was ushered into Fredrika 's parlor . For a second , Christine stood fixed and pale , for Alfonso it really was , and she had believed him dead ; then extending her hand she gave him greeting . For a full hour Alfonso and Christine talked , each telling much of what had transpired in the intervening years . Alfonso said he was quite as much surprised to find that she was still unmarried , as she seemed surprised that he was still alive .