nine o'clock in the
evening
Nay ! Have yow a glass of ale if yow care , but no good never come on it , what I know . Leastways , not for men that goes to the sea . '' So Jack and I deferred to Sally 's opinion -- until nine o'clock in the evening , and then we made up for lost time . It was amusing to see the cool way in which the handsome lad parted from his sweetheart . They had not met for two months , and yet I do not believe that they exchanged kisses either at meeting or parting . These folk are strangely undemonstrative .