nine o’clock
`` And you do n't know whether it was a man or a woman ? '' `` No , I just saw a hand , more like a shadow it was . '' `` Well , it does n't matter much anyway . It was after nine o'clock and many people go to bed about that time , '' said Muller , who did not see much value in this incident . But Knoll shook his head . `` The person who put out that light did n't go to bed , at least not right away , '' he said eagerly . `` I looked over after a while to the place where the red light was and I saw something else . ''