nine o'clock
Nevill was indifferent to Stephen Foster 's wrath and reproaches . He had accomplished his object , and he was too hardened by this time to feel any twinges of conscience . He was now going to meet the man Timmins by appointment , and buy from him the valuable papers in his possession . It was nine o'clock when the cab put him down in one of the noisy thoroughfares of Kentish Town . He paid the driver , and entered a public house on the corner . He ordered a light stimulant , and on the strength of it he re-examined the rather vague written directions Mr. Timmins had given him . He came out five minutes later , and turned eastward into a gloomy and squalid neighborhood .