nine-thirty-one

Updated: June 13, 2025

If I'm not there by four-thirty, don't wait. You know why. It will be because I think some one is watching. There won't be, though, if we work it right. And now you must run, sweet. We can't use Nine-thirty-one any more. I'll have to rent another place somewhere else." "Oh, honey, I'm so sorry." "Aren't you going to be strong and brave? You see, I need you to be."

Theodore Dreiser - The Financier, a novel