nine o'clock
With this intelligence Ishmael came back to Judge Merlin . `` That is well ! That is a great relief to my mind , Ishmael , '' said the judge , and he went to convey the news to Lady Vincent and the countess . At nine o'clock Katie , Sally , and Jim , who were all witnesses for the prosecution in the approaching trial of Faustina Dugald , were dispatched to the courthouse , under the escort of the professor . At half-past nine Judge Merlin , Ishmael Worth , Lady Vincent , and the Countess of Hurstmonceux entered a close carriage and drove to the same place . What a crowd ! It is not every day that a woman of high rank stands at the bar of a criminal court to answer to a charge of felony .