nine o'clock
The visit had for him merely served to fill in a nervous , useless hour . His rage against Barney had all the while possessed him too thoroughly for him to give more than the mere surface of his mind to what had passed between his grandmother and himself . And when he had left her , his rage at Barney 's treachery and his impetuous desire to snatch Maggie away from her present influences , so stormed within him that his usually cautious judgment was blown away and recklessness swept like a gale into control of him . When he called up the Grantham a second time , at nine o'clock , Maggie 's voice came to him : `` Hello . Who this , please ? '' `` Mr. Brandon . '' He heard a stilted `` Oh ! ''