half
after nine
They did not talk much ; it was a time for silence and the comradeship of silence . The station at which the tram would stop was not a dozen rods from the hotel . Until the last minute , therefore , they could linger . But at half after nine Julius sprang up . `` Let 's go back to the hotel and wait on the porch , '' he proposed . The two paced back to the porch , which hummed with talk . The whole small company of the inn 's few permanent guests was gathered there , obviously to see the bridal party when it should appear and take to its motors .