eleven in the evening
He 's -- '' `` Now , I know you are mistaken , '' cried Barnes , a wave of relief surging over him . `` He has been in this Tavern every night -- '' `` Sure he has . But he never was here after eleven o'clock , was he ? Answer me , did ye ever see him here after eleven in the evening ? You did not , -- not until last night , anyhow . In the struggle he had with Nicholas last night his whiskers came off and he was recognised . That 's why poor old Nicholas is lying dead up there at the house now , -- and will have a decent burial unbeknownst to anybody but his friends . ''