about nine o'clock
Something more of the `` effect '' will be seen in this immediate connection . Judge Owen had occasion to attend a political caucus , at one of the down-town hotels , early in the evening of the second day from that on which the collision with his sister and daughter had occurred ; and he consequently did not go home to dinner when his court adjourned . He dined at the hotel where the caucus took place , and afterwards strolled up Broadway , airing his portly figure , and intending to take the Third-Avenue cars at Astor Place or Fourteenth Street . When he came opposite Wallack 's Theatre , at about nine o'clock , the lights shone brightly before the door , the placards announcing the `` Returned Volunteer '' and `` Mischievous Annie '' looked tempting , and as Judge Owen had an eye for the drama and was officially marked `` D.H. '' on the book at the gate , he concluded to see the balance of the performance . He passed in . Florence was just indulging in that terrible war-dance of jealousy which follows the supposed discovery of the fact that the wife of Bill Williams has taken up with a Picaninny , and the laughter and applause were uproarious . The Judge found some acquaintances in the lobby , and chatted with them while he watched the piece and while waiting for the next .