nine o'clock
asked attorney Ham . `` About two hours , I think , '' answered Fred . `` Are you sure about that ? '' `` I ca n't say it was exactly two hours , but I know it was not far from nine o'clock when I retired , and it was about eleven when the alarm of fire awoke me . '' `` Were you asleep when the alarm was started ? '' `` I was . '' `` I have no more questions at present to ask the witness , '' said the lawyer to the judge .