nine o'clock
`` I know _ we _ have an engagement , '' replied the boy ; `` I ca n't recollect it , but I shall find it in the drawing-room . '' He went out , and in a minute returned . `` I have found it , my lady , '' said he . `` Here 's the ticket ; Mrs Allwood , at home , nine o'clock . '' `` Mrs Allwood , my dear Valerie , is a literary lady , and her parties are very agreeable . '' The page looked at me from behind Lady R -- 's chair , and shook his head in dissent . `` Shall we go ? ''