about nine o'clock
`` There is such a one , but I do n't know him . '' I was excused , and Mr. Reynolds was called . He had heard no quarreling that Sunday night ; had even heard Mrs. Ladley laughing . This was about nine o'clock . Yes , they had fought in the afternoon . He had not overheard any words , but their voices were quarrelsome , and once he heard a chair or some article of furniture overthrown . Was awakened about two by footsteps on the stairs , followed by the sound of oars in the lower hall .