nine o'clock
`` Then we can recover them , señor . Of course I intended to ride straight to Junin , but it wo n't make very much difference . We will ride to the village , get the rifles and pistols , and then follow the road by the lake . It is now only nine o'clock ; we can be there by one easily , and reach Junin by morning . It will be perfectly safe to rest there . I suppose your guards will be relieved about twelve o'clock ? '' `` Yes , that was the time we heard them changed . ''