nine in the evening
`` Very well , then ; get off and convey your excuses as soon as you please . I shall have a talk with Plummer , and then I shall take a few hours to myself , by myself , in somebody else 's clothes . Be in your rooms all the evening , for you may expect a message . '' It was at a little past nine in the evening that I next saw Hewitt . He came into my rooms in an incongruous get-up . He wore corduroy trousers , a very dirty striped jersey , a particularly greasy old jacket , and a twisted neckcloth ; but over all was an excellent overcoat , and on his head a tall hat of high polish . `` Brought to me by Kerrett , '' he said , in explanation of the hat and overcoat .