9 a.m.
`` I 'll buy a tooth-brush on my way to the steamer . I realize that I must waste no time when conducting business for the Emperor . '' `` That is so , '' said Steinwitz , `` but you can not start before to-morrow . To-morrow at 9 a.m. the _ Ida _ leaves Tilbury . She is the steamer which Mr. Donovan chartered from us . She returns to the island according to his orders . If you care to sail on her -- '' Steinwitz took up the receiver of the telephone which stood on his desk .