nine o'clock
I inquired . `` Early this morning ; as soon as you had gone to Mr. Collingsby 's . '' `` The first time ? '' `` Yes ; before nine o'clock . '' It looked to me then just as though the villain knew the contents of the package . `` If Mr. Whippleton comes in again , Robert , do n't lose sight of him for an instant . Follow him wherever he goes , if it is to the other side of the continent . ''