nine o'clock
He almost regretted the haste with which he had urged forward the proceedings , and yet until he had obtained vengeance , he felt as if there was no peace on earth for him -LRB- I do n't know that he exactly used the term vengeance in his thoughts ; he spoke of justice , and probably thought of his desired end as such -RRB- ; no peace either bodily or mental , for he moved up and down his bedroom with the restless incessant tramp of a wild beast in a cage , and if he compelled his aching limbs to cease for an instant , the twitchings which ensued almost amounted to convulsions , and he re-commenced his walk as the lesser evil , and the more bearable fatigue . With daylight increased power of action came ; and he drove off to arouse his attorney , and worry him with further directions and inquiries ; and when that was ended , he sat , watch in hand , until the courts should be opened , and the trial begin . What were all the living , -- wife or daughters , -- what were they in comparison with the dead , -- the murdered son who lay unburied still , in compliance with his father 's earnest wish , and almost vowed purpose of having the slayer of his child sentenced to death , before he committed the body to the rest of the grave ? At nine o'clock they all met at their awful place of _ rendezvous _ . The judge , the jury , the avenger of blood , the prisoner , the witnesses -- all were gathered together within one building . And besides these were many others , personally interested in some part of the proceedings , in which , however , they took no part ; Job Legh , Ben Sturgis , and several others were there , amongst whom was Charley Jones . Job Legh had carefully avoided any questioning from Mrs. Wilson that morning .