nine o'clock
`` At what time , and where , are you to be met with after your work ? '' `` Well , sir , my own home is too poor a place for a gentleman like you to come to ; but if you do n't object to a public -- and a very respectable public , too , in its way -- there 's the ` Goat and Compasses , ' three doors down the little street as you 'll see on your left , as you leave this here yard , walking towards London . '' `` Yes , yes , '' interrupted Victor , impatiently ; `` you are to be found at the ` Goat and Compasses ' ? '' `` I mostly am , sir , after nine o'clock of an evening -- summer and winter -- '' `` That will do , '' exclaimed Victor , with a quick glance at the door of the counting-house . `` I will see you at the ` Goat and Compasses ' to-night , at nine . Hush ! '' Eversleigh and his cousin were just emerging from the counting-house , as Victor Carrington gave the groom a warning gesture .