nine o'clock
`` Ach y fi ! it 's like a boiling pot , '' she said ; `` you can never go home to-night , my child . '' `` Oh , yes , indeed I must ; I would not be away from home in my uncle 's absence for the world , '' said Valmai , joining the old woman at the door , and looking out rather anxiously at the angry sea . `` Oh , when the tide goes down at nine o'clock the moon will be up , and perhaps the storm will be over . '' They sat chatting over the fire until the evening shadows fell , and the moon shone fitfully between the scudding clouds . Meanwhile Cardo had ridden in to Llanython . A fair had generally much attraction for him -- the merry laughter , the sociable meetings , the sound of music on the air , and the altogether festive character of the day ; but on this occasion its pleasures seemed to pall , and quickly dispatching the business which had brought him there , he returned to the inn , and , mounting his horse , rode home early in the afternoon .