nine o'clock
They stood there for a moment , his mother crying , his father looking as though he had lost his last friend but making a great effort to seem self-contained and equal to his troubles , Anna telling Lillian not to mind , and the latter staring dumbly into the future , not knowing what to think . Surely a brilliant sun had set on their local scene , and in a very pathetic way . When Cowperwood reached the jail , Jaspers was there , glad to see him but principally relieved to feel that nothing had happened to mar his own reputation as a sheriff . Because of the urgency of court matters generally , it was decided to depart for the courtroom at nine o'clock . Eddie Zanders was once more delegated to see that Cowperwood was brought safely before Judge Payderson and afterward taken to the penitentiary . All of the papers in the case were put in his care to be delivered to the warden . `` I suppose you know , '' confided Sheriff Jaspers to Steger , `` that Stener is here .