nine o'clock
I had not intended running at all , but when I came out of the law office I found that Weighborne had been much fatigued and had already started back with another guard , and I could hardly run away without facing the two of them . Marcus too , insisted that I must return , even if only for a day . Much of our business remained unfinished , and I inferred from his attitude that he knew nothing of the inevitable reckoning which I must face at the hands of my business partner . We started late and our small army arrived after nine o'clock . It was again a night of sparkle and starlight and frost . We learned that supper had been saved for us and the attorney and I ate it in silence . The Weighbornes had not waited for us .