quarter past nine
`` I 'm glad I found Norris out , any way , '' he said to himself as he hurried along . `` I think I can safely put him down as a bad egg . '' Retracing his way down Broadway the boy at length crossed over to Grand Street , and directed his steps towards the east side . When he reached the Massanets ' it was quarter past nine . Mattie let him in , stating that her mother and her brother had not yet returned . Frank had told her of the street urchin and the letters , and she was anxious to hear about the result of Richard 's visit to Doc Linyard 's , trusting it had been good . Richard related the particulars .