nine o'clock
Snaffle said that so far from Fitzroy 's corrupting the coachman , the boot should be on the other foot , were Fitzroy corruptible -- that Foster would find his coachman a double-dyed liar when he came to the truth of that runaway the night of the dance -- that Foster 's sleigh and carriage and driving horses had no right in a Government stable anyhow -- were only there on sufferance -LRB- which was true , for Foster kept saddlers besides -- all the law allowed him -RRB- -- and that under the circumstances , when , as was well known , at least twenty officers and troopers on Government mounts had gone forth at night in violation of standing orders , without the commanding officer 's knowledge or consent -- all on the plea of rescuing Mayhew 's daughter , Lieutenant Foster ought to be ashamed of himself for abusing Fitzroy for taking the sleigh in hopes of having a warm nest to fetch the poor girl home in as soon as he 'd found her . `` Sure , did Mr. Ennis expect her to ride back on his cantle on so bitter a night ? Faith , Fitzroy was worth the whole pack of 'em put together , if they 'd only let him alone . '' And that , at nine o'clock , when Ennis was sent for , was the colonel 's way of looking at it . Moreover , he had a rasp up his sleeve for our massive young friend on half a dozen other counts . `` In point of fact , Mr. Ennis , that girl has simply fooled the whole party and is probably laughing at all of you . A girl that will run away without a word or line to her father , and marry an out-and-out adventurer -- a mere nobody -- has neither heart nor head anyhow .