about 9 o'clock
Some think we got to have Palura 's for the sake of the town 's business . I 'm neutral , but I like to watch the fun . We 'll go down there and look in to-night . '' They had dinner , and about 9 o'clock they went around to Palura 's . It was an old market building made over into a pleasure resort , and it filled 300 feet front on Jimpson Street and 160 feet on the flanking side streets . A bright electric sign covered the front with a flare of yellow lights and there was one entrance , under the sign . As Terabon , Carline , and the cotton broker came along , they saw a tall , broad-shouldered , smooth-shaven policeman in uniform standing where the lights showed him up .