ten o'clock
`` You 'll have to put your trust in my benevolence , Joe ! '' said the gambler . `` But I am willing to admit I want to see North put where he 'll have every inducement to attend strictly to his own business ! '' It was between nine and ten o'clock when Marshall Langham reached his office . He scarcely had time to remove his hat and overcoat when a policeman entered the room and handed him a note . It was a hasty scrawl from Moxlow who wished him to come at once to the court-house . As Moxlow 's messenger quitted the room Langham leaned against his desk with set lips and drawn face ; this was but the beginning of the ordeal through which he must pass !