nine
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Now , understand , you do n't know anything , and I want you to say so . I want you to stick to your own job , and not mix up in anything that does n't concern you . There will be nothing to distract you . McKildrick writes me that in Porto Cabello there are no tea-houses , no roads for automobiles , and , except for the fire-flies , all the white lights go out at nine o'clock . `` Now , Roddy , '' concluded Mr. Forrester warningly , `` this is your chance , and it is the last chance for dinner in the dining-car , for you . If you fail the company , and by the company I mean myself , _ this _ time , you can ask Fred Sterry for a job on the waiters ' nine at Palm Beach . '' * * * * * Like all the other great captains , Mr. Forrester succeeded through the work of his lieutenants .