nine o'clock
It is a summary of the preliminary report of the accountants of the district attorney who have been going over your books to-day . '' Stacey gasped . `` How did you get it ? The report was not to be ready until nine o'clock , and it is scarcely a quarter past now . '' `` Never mind how I got it . Go over it with the adjusters , anybody . I think you will find that there was no shortage in Miss Wend 's department , that you were losing money , that you were in debt to Miss Wend , and that she would have received the lion 's share of the proceeds of the insurance if the firebug scheme had turned out as planned . ''