nine o'clock
`` Thank you , '' said Alison . `` Yes , I 'll be there . What time shall I come ? '' `` The acting begins at nine o'clock , but there 's supper first at eight ; you had best come to supper . I will put you in a corner where you ca n't get even a sight of Jim 's face , then you 'll be easy and happy in your mind . '' `` No , I wo n't come to supper , but I 'll come in time for the acting . I am very much obliged , I am sure . ''