about nine o'clock
It 's the man in the cap smoking his pipe in the gateway . '' The concierge hurried across and , after Ganimard had announced himself as a chief-inspector , Shears asked if a young lady in black had called at the house on Sunday morning . `` In black ? Yes , about nine o'clock : it 's the one who goes up to the second floor . '' `` Do you see much of her ? '' `` No , but she 's been oftener lately : almost every day during the past fortnight . '' `` And since Sunday ? ''