nine o’clock
`` I guess you better ask me questions , maybe that 'll go , '' he said after a pause . Then Muller began to question . With his usual thoroughness he began at the very beginning : `` When was it that you climbed the fence to get into the shed ? '' `` It just struck nine o'clock when I put my foot on the lowest bar . '' `` Are you sure of that ? '' `` Quite sure . I counted every stroke .