about nine o'clock
He got back at ten o'clock , washed , breakfasted , and dozed on two chairs , till Ransome came , with a carpet-bag in his hand . `` Tell me all about it : do n't omit any thing . '' This was Little 's greeting . `` Well , sir , she passed the house about nine o'clock , walking quickly ; and took just one glance in at your window , but did not stop . She came back in half an hour , and stood on the opposite side of the way , and then passed on . I hid in a court , where she could n't see me . By-and-by she comes back , on your side the way this time , gliding like a cat , and she crouched and curled round the angle of the house , and took a good look at you .