nine o'clock
`` How and where did this man die ? '' he said , in his usual cold voice . `` He died in the street -- alone upon a pier unfrequented after dark . Last night somewhere between nine o'clock and morning was the time . The coroner renders in his verdict , hemorrhage of the lungs . '' `` He died , '' said the little girl , solemnly gazing upon the dead , `` he died of a broken heart . I know that it was of a broken heart he died . ''