nine o'clock
He tinkled a bell and a negro entered the room . `` Mark Antony , go up to the Green Dragon and get this gentleman 's trunk . Tell the landlord I sent you . Hold on a moment : it is after nine o'clock , and the watchman may overhaul you and want to know what you are doing . You must have an order . '' Mr. Brandon stepped to a writing-desk and wrote an order , receiving which Mark Antony bowed and took his departure . Mr. Brandon was in the prime of life , hale , hearty , vigorous , a former ship captain , who had been to London many times , also through the Straits of Gibraltar , to Madeira , Jamaica , and round Cape of Good Hope to China .