nine o'clock
`` Are those large eyes properly open ? '' `` Look , Dagobert ! '' cried the two girls , smiling in their turn , and opening their blue eyes to the utmost extent . `` Well , well , '' said the soldier , `` they are yet far enough , from shutting ; besides , it is only nine o'clock . '' `` We also have something to tell , Dagobert , '' resumed Rose , after exchanging glances with her sister . `` Indeed ! '' `` A secret to tell you . ''