nine o'clock
`` I will have him shot ! Let the cannonading cease . The fort must be taken by escalade . Have the ladders ready by nine o'clock to-morrow morning . '' The fort was safer , but an admirable example had been given of the inefficiency , indolence , and general worthlessness of the Mexican officials . Not even the probability of being shot for their blunders could induce them to discharge their duties thoroughly . `` That battery 's tired out , '' remarked Crockett , as the pause in the firing grew longer .