about half past
nine
I ca n't stay because I 'm dining somewhere or other , but he 's not . '' `` Will he dine with me ? '' said Mrs. Dawson in a wonderful deep , slow voice -- `` just stay on and dine with me alone ? '' Ben began to say that he could n't , but Crystal said yes , that he would be delighted to , and that she would stop for him again about half past nine , and that it was a wonderful plan , and then she went away . Mrs. Dawson seemed to take it all as a matter of course . `` Sit down , Mr. Moreton , '' she said . `` I have a quarrel with you . ''