nine o'clock
`` Oh no , sir ; she is not at home , Mr. Richmond . She has gone to New York . '' `` For how long ? '' `` Only till nine o'clock to-night . '' `` Then there can be no possible harm in your coming to take tea at the parsonage . '' `` I do n't know whether she would let me , '' said Matilda , with an evident intimation that the doubt was barrier enough . `` You think she would not like it ? ''