nine o’clock
As soon as he got a good chance he counted it over , and found four half dollars , three quarters , and four tens -- in all , three dollars and fifteen cents . At this rate , probably , the sailors ' money would not last long . However this was none of Phil 's business . It was only nine o'clock in the forenoon , and he had already secured enough to purchase immunity from blows at night . Still there was one thing unsatisfactory about it . All this money was to go into the hands of the padrone . Phil himself would reap none of the benefit , unless he bought his dinner , as he had purchased supper the evening before .