nine o'clock
He let her hand go , and took a careful survey of his face in the mirror of the cab . The swelling had gone down , but that bruise below his eye would last for days . He cursed under his breath . It was after nine o'clock when one of the Cardew cars stopped not far from the Benedict Apartments , and Willy Cameron got out . He was quite certain that Louis Akers would know where Lily was , and he anticipated the interview with a sort of grim humor . There might be another fight ; certainly Akers would try to get back at him for the night before . But he set his jaw .