nine o'clock
Here , '' he gave me a slip of paper . `` During the day contrive to see these men . Make it casual and easy , as though you just happened to see them . Chat a few minutes and tell them this : ` Danny Randall calls a secret miners ' meeting at the upper horse flat at nine o'clock to-night . Slip up there without being seen . ' Be sure to let them understand that it is _ I _ who am issuing the call . Get them to tell you whether they will or will not come . ''