Nine o'clock
`` You got you ' sleep hout , no ? '' `` What time is it ? '' said Northwick , stupidly , scanning the man to make sure that it was he , and waiting for a full sense of the situation to reach him . `` Nine o'clock , '' said the man , and he turned away . Northwick got up , and found the place empty of the men and dogs . A woman , who looked like a half-breed , brought him his breakfast of fried venison and bean-coffee ; her little one held by her skirt , and stared at him . He thought of Elbridge 's baby that he had seen die .