nine o'clock
`` I 'm glad of it ! I hope he broke that nasty old Hicks 's head ! And if they catch Oskar you had better see that they let him go at once -- unless you want to see your own daughter married to a jailbird ! '' It was nine o'clock that evening when , growling and grumbling , Hicks himself moved heavily down the short corridor of the jail , and unlocked the door of the cell that held Oskar Hedin . `` Come on out ! '' he commanded . Hedin stepped in the corridor , and looked inquiringly into the officer 's face .