about nine o'clock
asked Kate . '' ` Mean ? ' '' laughed Nancy Ellen . `` I mean that I saw John Jardine or his ghost come up to you on the veranda , looking as if he 'd eat you alive , and carry you away about nine o'clock , and you 've been gone six hours and come back having had a ` perfectly heavenly time . ' What should I mean ! Go up head , Kate ! You have earned your right to a good time .