nine o'clock
`` Did he go down to the pint , '' asked Captain Corbet , `` or up to the top of the cliff ? '' The man could n't say for certain ; but as far as he could recollect , it seemed to him that he went down to the pint . `` About what time ? '' `` Between eight and nine o'clock -- in fact , about eight -- not much later . '' `` Did he speak to any one here ? '' `` No ; he walked past without stoppin . An do you say he ai n't got back ? ''