nine o’clock
`` It will be heard from twelve to twenty-five miles , according to the condition of the atmosphere . I want big things all round , and this is a masterpiece , I guess . Now , I 'll let you hear it if you like . I did n't expect to use it until to-night at nine o'clock , when , also for the first time , I am to light the mills by electricity ; a thing that 's not been attempted yet in any saw-mill on the Continent . We 're going to work night and day for a couple of months . '' `` This is all very wonderful . And are you indebted to Mr. Roscoe in these things too ?