nine o'clock in the evening
He evidently kept it that it might open an avenue of escape in case his vicious plan miscarried . After I had been disposed of , sent off and had `` lost the run '' of my uncle , the document could be destroyed . I felt , therefore , that I was fully justified in using enough of the money , at least , to enable me to obtain justice . It was nine o'clock in the evening when the train arrived at Albany . We could go no farther that night , and I felt the awkwardness of my situation . I did not like to go to a hotel with Kate Loraine ; and , leaving her in the ladies ' room at the railroad station , I looked about the premises till I found a respectable-looking baggage-master , whom I asked to direct me to a good boarding-house . He gave me the street and number of one he could recommend , and I called a carriage , which conveyed us to the place indicated .