nine o'clock
You know very well the arm of the national government is long . You know , too , that I 'm a state senator and also a United States marshal in Missouri . '' `` But where do you come into this case , Senator ? '' `` I came into it last night at a little after nine o'clock , '' rejoined Dunwody . `` Her former guardian has turned her over to me . She does not leave the boat till I do , at Cairo , where I change for up-river ; and when I go , she goes . Do n't pay any attention to any outcry she may make .