about nine o'clock
There might have been a much bigger jar , however . Dave Darrin often worked , Saturday nights , in the express office . One night in early December he was employed there as usual . At about nine o'clock Dick Prescott and Tom Reade dropped in . `` Pretty near through , old fellow ? '' Dick asked . `` I will be when the 8:50 gets in and the goods are checked up , '' replied Dave .