nine o'clock
I could n't dally round waiting for an interview when our home was burning , could I ? '' `` Maybe he left some word for you , '' she suggested . `` No ; I ran down to the hotel to inquire , just as soon as I got the kitchen stove set up this morning . He left on the nine o'clock train last night , as he warned me he would , and as I did n't come according to my agreement , that 's the last he 'll ever think of me . Such luck as mine is , anyhow ! It was my anxiety to get the place that made me go off and leave the lamp burning , and now I 've not only missed the last chance I 'll ever have , but I 've been the means of burning the roof off from over our heads . You have n't any idea of the way I feel , Flip .