nine o'clock
Thus ended that strange evening , or , at least that part of it with which I had to do . For many other incidents occurred during the hours that followed , events which the confidences of the others who were present at that dinner have fortunately enabled me to reconstruct in detail . * * * * * At the very moment when Lupin left me , Holmlock Shears took out his watch and rose in his turn : `` Twenty to nine . At nine o'clock , I am to meet the count and countess at the railway station . '' `` Let 's go ! '' cried Wilson , tossing off two glasses of whiskey in succession . They went out .