nine o'clock
There was no response and she opened it and looked in . `` Why , they have all gone to bed , '' she said . At that moment the old clock in the kitchen struck nine . `` It 's nine o'clock and you had better be going home , Hiram Maxwell . '' `` I shall have to get some anarchy to put on my forehead , '' said Hiram . `` See that big bump , Mandy , that you made . '' Mandy approached him quite closely and looked at his forehead ; as she did so she turned up her nose and puckered her mouth .