nine in the evening
`` Thank you . Yes , I may just as well turn in , all standing , as the sailors say , and get a few hours ' sleep ; for in this climate one can not keep at it , night and day , as we had to do in Spain . '' The two aides-de-camp were kept in suspense as to what the general 's intentions were , and it was not until the morning of Tuesday that he said to them : `` I am going up to the pagoda this evening , Mr. Tollemache ; and you had better , therefore , put some provisions and a bottle of brandy into your holsters . '' At nine in the evening they rode off . The rain had ceased ; the moon was shining through the clouds . `` It will be down by twelve o'clock , '' Tollemache said . `` I should think , most likely , they will wait for that .