nine o'clock
The name of this one was Mr. Alban . But all this was not his business . His duty was to be hearty and deferential and entirely stupid ; and certainly this course of behaviour brought him a quantity of guests . * * * * * Mr. Alban , about half-past nine o'clock , had finished unstrapping his luggage . It was of the most innocent description , and contained nothing that all the world might not see . He had made arrangements that articles of another kind should come over from Rheims under the care of one of the `` servants , '' whose baggage would be less suspected . The distribution would take place in a day or two .