nine o'clock
If time hangs heavy get foolscap and a pen , and begin your narrative of how we saved the State . '' I felt some reflection of his elation in my own mind , for I knew well that he would not depart so far from his usual austerity of demeanour unless there was good cause for exultation . All the long November evening I waited , filled with impatience for his return . At last , shortly after nine o'clock , there arrived a messenger with a note : Am dining at Goldini 's Restaurant , Gloucester Road , Kensington . Please come at once and join me there . Bring with you a jemmy , a dark lantern , a chisel , and a revolver . It was a nice equipment for a respectable citizen to carry through the dim , fog-draped streets .