nine o'clock in the evening
`` I have invited nobody , '' said the elder . Some time elapsed , and then a footman made his appearance and brought in a card . `` Mr. Christopher Adams . '' Now that Mr. Christopher Adams should call on John Wardlaw , in his private room , at nine o'clock in the evening , seemed to that merchant irregular , presumptuous and monstrous . `` Tell him he will find me at my place of business to-morrow , as usual , '' said he , knitting his brows . The footman went off with this message ; and , soon after , raised voices were heard in the hall , and the episcopal butler entered the room with an injured countenance . `` He says he _ must _ see you ; he is in great anxiety . ''