about nine o'clock
`` That 's what I want to know , Sam . Now , then , just give all your attention . What time did he come in ? '' `` He came in at about nine o'clock , sar , with three other officers , Captain Farquharson , Major Heriot , and Captain Brown . Dey have bottle wine , and sit here and smoke . Well , Massa Tom , Sam sit in his room , and smoke him pipe , and he doze off a little ; after a bit , may be ten o'clock , Sam hear dem move , and go to door ; they were saying good-night , when Massa Peter said , ` I will just go down to see that the horses are all right . ' Den dey all go down togeder . ''