About nine o'clock
The driver in the panama gave us one glance through his colored glasses , but I felt , somehow , that the glance was sufficiently comprehensive to fix us firmly in his memory . I inquired at the garage concerning Casey Ryan , taking it for granted he would be driving a Ford . A man of that description had stopped at the garage for gas that forenoon , the boy told me . About nine o'clock , I learned from further questioning . `` Well-sir , that gives him five hours the start , '' the Little Woman remarked , as she eased in the clutch and slid around the corner into the highway to Barstow . `` But you ca n't tell me I ca n't run down a Ford with this car . I know to the last inch what a Jawn Henry is good for .