half past nine
`` It 's half past nine . '' `` Nonsense , '' ridiculed Dave . `` It was after ten when we went to bed . '' `` It 's after half past nine -- in the morning , '' retorted Dan impressively . `` Glory , but I believe you 're right , '' ejaculated Prescott . `` I can see just a tiny crack of daylight over by one of the shutters . '' `` It 's morning , all right , '' Dan insisted .