nine o'clock
Clearly Jules was guilty , for the pretended police inspector asked : `` No one this evening ? Nothing happened ? '' `` No , '' replied Jules in a servile tone . `` The journalist brought the mistress back and then went off at nine o'clock ... '' `` No news of Alfred ? '' asked the voice . The third person answered : `` Why , no . You know very well he is always at the Dépôt . ''