nine at night
bellowed the captain . `` I thought yer was hired as a sort uv watchman on this wharf . A find watchman yer are ! '' `` Well , yer see , cap'n , '' returned Hi Higgins , really alarmed at the captain 's truculent tone , `` I ai n't here much after nine at night or before five in the morning . '' `` Well , was my boat here at five this mornin ' ? '' demanded the captain . `` Sure it was , '' rejoined Hi Higgins , with a sniffle ; `` the fust boat I seen . ''