nine o'clock
Then he called on Grace , as related , and returned to the works about six o'clock : he ordered a cup of tea at seven , which Jael brought him . She found him busy writing letters , and one of these was addressed to Grace Carden . That was all she saw of him that night ; for she went to bed early , and she was a sound sleeper . It was nine o'clock of this same evening . Mr. Coventry , disguised in a beard , was walking up and down a certain street opposite the great door of the works . He had already walked and lounged about two hours . At last Cole joined him for a moment and whispered in a tone full of meaning , `` Will it do now ? ''