about ten o'clock
`` Why , lots of it , four days ago -- ' t least _ I _ had , '' answered Nolan , grimly , `` but nothin ' worth mention last night . '' `` Why , man , '' cried the manager of the White Eagle , `` there were a thousand riotous Bohemians and Dagoes , and Lord knows what all , went up there last night to burn those buildings over your heads and you with 'em . '' `` Why , cert ` nly , '' said Nolan , with preternatural gravity and a wink at his comrade , who was doing his utmost to keep a straight face . `` It must have been some of those fellows _ you _ blew in about ten o'clock . But say , '' he broke off , as though this matter bored him , `` what we want to know is about Shiner 's boy . They did n't seem to have time to talk . '' By which time it dawned upon the officials present that Nolan was having fun with them , and though the spokesmen were nettled , many others , with genuine American sense of humor , felt that he could n't be blamed .