nine o'clock
Ed 's folks are rich in England , so they 'll fork over to get you out if you pretend to be him . '' With that he bade me good-bye and jumped off the train . There , gentlemen , that 's the whole story just as it happened , and that 's why I thought it was Colonel Jim had sent you to get me free . ' There was not the slightest doubt in my mind that the convict had told the exact truth , and that night , at nine o'clock , he identified Major Renn as the former Colonel Jim Baxter . Sanderson placed us in a gallery where we could see , but could not hear . The old man seemed determined that we should not know where we were , and took every precaution to keep us in the dark . I suppose he put us out of earshot , so that if the Major mentioned the name of the nobleman we should not be any the wiser .